On Aug 20, 10:46, John Summerfield wrote: > Alexander Schmehl wrote: > > >Well, I didn't tried it myself, but I guess a machine which is recent > >enough to support firewire should be modern enough to support large > >drives. > > > > > > Nothing prevents you from getting a firewire 800 card and puttting it in > your old Pentium 60:-) > > I would expect it to work as you bypass all the IDE hardware and BIOS. > Check that the
This was where my musings were leading me but I was unsure of the soundness of my thoughts. > a) The enclosure supports the size drive you want to use > b) That the enclosure works with _your_ hardware. I have a USB2 > enclosure that works easily on boxes I plug it into but not at all when > the boss plugs it into anything except his powerbook running OSX. Venting my spleen at Apple again, I have had similar experiences with strange Apple hardware incompatabilities with external hardware, hardrives included. > > Also I've noted that my USB2 laptop drive comes with two cables, one for > power. _Mine_ works with just the one, others from the same source and > apparently the same require two. However, afaik enclosures for 3.5" > drives require external power. > > Oh, if you can go a USB2/firewire enclosure, do. It gives you two > chances to have it work, and you can plug it into a USB port and have > it run at arount 900 Kbytes/sec which beats not working at all. Already looking at USB/Firewire enclosures after chatting with a friend. This is looking good for a fun project to mess about with old kit and Debian and extending the usefulness of said kit. Many thanks :) Peace Jim > > > > -- > > Cheers > John > > -- spambait > [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Tourist pics http://portgeographe.environmentaldisasters.cds.merseine.nu/ > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- keys: http://freesolutions.net/jim/pubkey.asc No theory, no ready-made system, no book that has ever been written will save the world. I cleave to no system. I am a true seeker. --Mikhail Bakunin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
