On 12/1/10 8:43 PM, Deiniol ap Deiniol of autolycus.mercat...@googlemail.com sent
> My latest Quicksilver is a 933 G4 with 1.5GB memory, running 10.4.11. > I've installed a 120GB first drive, along with another 120GB drive > which was the Time Machine drive for the Leopard that came on its > original 60 GB hard drive. > I fancy transferring the SCSI card from my 733 QS along with its > 80GB drive, with a view to either: > installing Leopard on it, > or putting a Linux on there. > Is this feasible. I've done a quick Google without really getting > anywhere, but on this list there are people who know this stuff! > Dan (in ice-bound North Wales) Hello Dan, I don't know if you received a response yet to this query, but perhaps I can share with you my experience to date. Afaik, as long as the issue involves PCI-based New World Macs (from the G3 smurfs to the earlier MDDs) and an OS no later than Tiger, booting off of a SCSI hosted drive is quite feasible, providing the firmware of the card in question supports it. In my case, I was always able to boot into OS X and OS 9 by using the Adaptec 2930CU/ card, which were OEM-provided for many a G3 unit that I worked on. The similarly designed 2930B card was mountable under OS X, but any drive attached to it was non-bootable (hence the CU vs. B designation was quite important). I am pretty sure there are other SCSI host cards made that do this (by Initio and Orange Micro), but I have not had experience with such. I will not say that your projected goal is not compatible with this card (i.e. Leopard, or Linux, or using a PCI-based G5), but I have no experiences with such scenarios to be able to speak of. Hope this helps somewhat. Best regards, Dana -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, 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 For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
