On Oct 24, 2008, at 2:36 AM, Mel wrote: > I use a 667 MHz G4 DA 1.5 GB SDRAM with OS 10.4. 11 installed. When > I bought this machine it had an Adaptec 2906 PCI card in it to > which at different times I connected three SCSI external HDs which > have 10.2.8, 10.3.9 and 10.4.11 respectively installed. I could > read/write to and from each of these three SCSI HDs and with the > two internal IDE HDs installed but could not boot from either of > these external SCSI HDs. Note: I use the extrernal HDs for > archiving and I would also like to be able to boot from them as well > > I tried different Adaptec PCI cards but none would allow me to boot > from an external SCSI HD connected to the G4 DA.
Curious if Xpostfacto 4 Helper disk would work on a Digital Audio and SCSI (wish I had that one in lieu of my PCI Graphics Yikes! - but am happy with what has transpired regarding the Adaptec AUA-3020A FW/ USB2 card and Xpostfacto 4/Helper). > > > I contacted Adaptec and they informed me that their PCI cards did > not support booting from SCSI external HDs in OS X with their PCI > cards although I still could boot when using OS 9.1 thorugh 9.2.2. They might work with Xpostfacto 4/Helper disk idea ... even though dubbed "Not Supported" by Adaptec ... > > > Finally I installed an ATTO Express PCI Pro UL2D in slot-4 and > voila I can now boot from an external HD that has OS X installed up > though 10.4.11 (I don't know about 10.5.5). I have been informed > that the ATTO UL3D PCI card might also work but I have no personal > knowledge that it will. 10.5.5 is a different beast ... when it comes to USB 2 as well! Thanks, Mel. Bill Connelly artsite: http://mysite.verizon.net/moonstoneartstudio myspace: http://www.myspace.com/moonstoneartstudio --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
