>My question is, I'm going to put the 10gb hard drive with 9 >already loaded into an external enclosure and make it a firewire drive, can
>I boot 9 off this if I need it? As long as you update OS 9 to 9.2.2 (Including the iMac Firware Upgrade) you should be able to boot to an external firewire drive with no problems. However, what programs won't work on OSX (using Classic Mode) now should work in the very near future (except those that make direct hardware calls). One additional note, it is not advised to use a 7200/10000 RPM drive in an iMac as they run much hotter than the 5400 that comes in the iMacs. There is insufficient cooling/thermal dissipation to accommodate the new drive. I tried it on my iMac G3 "Tangerine" 400Mhz. using a 7200 RPM Seagate drive and running Ubuntu 5.10. With Ubuntu sitting idle the hard drive got so hot I couldn't touch it, and that was with the case open. I had to take the drive out and put the original 5400 Maxtor back in. I would suggest you put the 7200 RPM 30GB in the Firewire enclosure and install OSX on it. At least until you can find a way to increase the cooling in the iMac to accommodate that drive. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Richard Colbert "Recent Ubuntu Convert" YIM: cmptrgeeknshermantx ICQ: 14466429 MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.venuspcservice.com -- The iMac List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 580 Printers - new at $69 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> iMac List info: <http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:imac-list@mail.maclaunch.com> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
