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2 Replies Last post: Mar 13, 2003 6:56 AM by meresophistry

meresophistry

5 posts since
Mar 5, 2003

Mar 11, 2003 11:55 PM

booting from firewire cd-drive

My internal cd-rw drive is malfunctioning and I am thinking of purchasing a firewire cd-rw drive. I would like to know if I can boot up from a firewire cd drive. Has anyone succesfully or unsuccessfully tried this? If so, which model are you using? I'm thinking of purchasing the LaCie 48x12x48 or the EZquest drive. Thanks for any suggestions!

snootypoodle

18 posts since
Jan 8, 2003

1. Mar 12, 2003 3:26 AM

in response to: meresophistry

Re: booting from firewire cd-drive

I use the EZQ FW CD-RW. You can boot up from it. It takes up a lot of desktop space though. Also, it's advertised on the box as being being bundled with Toast but it actually comes with Discribe. All in all, not bad.

meresophistry

5 posts since
Mar 5, 2003

2. Mar 13, 2003 6:56 AM

Re: booting from firewire cd-drive

Thanks for your advice, snooty. The ez quest is looking more attractive to me. Can I ask what os you're using? Does anyone else have any experiences on booting from firewire cd-drives?

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