2008/10/27 MaGioZal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Hi there, > > > Is it possible to boot a Beige G3 (ROM revision B) from a HD attached > to PCI-SATA or a PCI-ATA cards "made for PC"? > > Does it depend on the kind of chipset? > > I am asking this question because most current HDs are both SATA and > bigger than the 128GB-limit of the Beige G3 original ATA bus.
I don't know for sure, but I would expect that the answer is "no". I use an Ahard Acard UltraIDE RAID card in my B&W G3. This is a Mac-specific card with Mac firmware. It works nicely and is bootable under both OS 9 and OS X. Whereas you might have a very long shot at getting a PC card to work for driving secondary disks, I'd not expect a Mac to boot off anything without Mac firmware on it. I don't know how much Mac SATA cards are now, but probably, for the age and spec of a Beige, you could buy an old slow G4 on eBay for around the same cost as a SATA host adaptor. I'm seeing them going for under £30 these days and they're cheaper in the US. I'd expect well under $50. -- Liam Proven • Profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/liamproven Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] • GMail/GoogleTalk/Orkut: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: +44 20-8685-0498 • Cell: +44 7939-087884 • Fax: + 44 870-9151419 AOL/AIM/iChat: [EMAIL PROTECTED] • MSN/Messenger: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo: [EMAIL PROTECTED] • Skype: liamproven • ICQ: 73187508 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
