>Hi Allan >Welcome to the list; what took you so long? (lol) >I would say get your basic Maxtor IDE drive. If you are getting a burner it >sounds like you might be collecting MP3s? Or large amounts of something so a >10 GB is a little small, may as well get at least 40 GB while you're at it. >You should be able to find something for just under a hundred bucks. >There has been an effort under way for a short time now to compile a list of >bootable drives but I agree with Craig, keep your CD-ROM to boot from >(provided it works) and get a Toast compatible drive. So then the problem >becomes having only two IDE connections.
I forgot about that, I have a SCSI reader, and an IDE burner in my 3000 DT, both of which are bootable, the two bus limitation slipped my mind. >You could get a card for more >connections, or get a USB card but a USB drive is really slow. USB really is useless for anything except printers, I still don't understand why apple, or any other computer manufacturer for that matter bothered with it. Craig -- StarMax is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... / Buy books, CDs, videos, and more from Amazon.com \ / <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect-home/lowendmac> \ Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> StarMax list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/starmax.html> Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/starmax%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! <http://www.applelinks.com>
