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From: Tom Stiller on 16 Sep 2005 17:43 In article <op.sw7qeiq1cjnimw(a)wnpgmb11dc1-45-174-30.dynamic.mts.net>, Robert <robert99(a)safe-mail.net> wrote: > >> > The best practice for a Mac laptop owner in my experience is to get an > >> > external firewire drive for backups and maintenance booting. > >> Personally, > >> > it's the 20 GB iPod. Music player, critical files backup drive and > >> > emergency boot drive. Being the bit paranoid type, I have two such > >> > iPods. > >> > >> iPods hook up with firewire? > > > > You betcha. I have a minimal version of Tiger with DiskWarrior and > > Retrospect on mine. > > Could one run a firewire (or USB) MP3 player with startup disk info to > boot a Mac? Say on a removeable flash memory card? Lots are 1 gig > now..... Firewire: yes, although 1 GB is probably a little too tight. My "rescue" partition (cloned to the iPod) is 2 GB and it's more than half full. -- Tom Stiller PGP fingerprint = 5108 DDB2 9761 EDE5 E7E3 7BDA 71ED 6496 99C0 C7CF
From: Anybody on 16 Sep 2005 19:20 In article <tomstiller-947847.15263116092005(a)comcast.dca.giganews.com>, Tom Stiller <tomstiller(a)comcast.net> wrote: > In article <op.sw7mgwtjf62wq0(a)wnpgmb11dc1-45-174-30.dynamic.mts.net>, > "Howard D." <reply_to_group(a)please.com> wrote: > > > > The best practice for a Mac laptop owner in my experience is to get an > > > external firewire drive for backups and maintenance booting. Personally, > > > it's the 20 GB iPod. Music player, critical files backup drive and > > > emergency boot drive. Being the bit paranoid type, I have two such > > > iPods. > > > > iPods hook up with firewire? > > You betcha. I have a minimal version of Tiger with DiskWarrior and > Retrospect on mine. Of course, Apple in their "wisdom" (read: cheapness) don't bother shipping iPods with FireWire cables, just USB.
From: sbt on 16 Sep 2005 19:49 In article <170920051120522813%anybody(a)anywhere-anytime.com>, Anybody <anybody(a)anywhere-anytime.com> wrote: > In article <tomstiller-947847.15263116092005(a)comcast.dca.giganews.com>, > Tom Stiller <tomstiller(a)comcast.net> wrote: > > > In article <op.sw7mgwtjf62wq0(a)wnpgmb11dc1-45-174-30.dynamic.mts.net>, > > "Howard D." <reply_to_group(a)please.com> wrote: > > > > > > The best practice for a Mac laptop owner in my experience is to get an > > > > external firewire drive for backups and maintenance booting. Personally, > > > > it's the 20 GB iPod. Music player, critical files backup drive and > > > > emergency boot drive. Being the bit paranoid type, I have two such > > > > iPods. > > > > > > iPods hook up with firewire? > > > > You betcha. I have a minimal version of Tiger with DiskWarrior and > > Retrospect on mine. > > Of course, Apple in their "wisdom" (read: cheapness) don't bother > shipping iPods with FireWire cables, just USB. I've got three iPods (an original, a 3rd gen, and a Photo) and they all came with FireWire cables. The only ones that don't come with FireWire cables are the shuffles and the nanos. -- Spenser
From: Roger Johnstone on 16 Sep 2005 21:26 In <160920051649405269%dogbreath(a)chaseabone.com.invalid> sbt wrote: > In article <170920051120522813%anybody(a)anywhere-anytime.com>, Anybody > <anybody(a)anywhere-anytime.com> wrote: > >> In article <tomstiller-947847.15263116092005(a)comcast.dca.giganews. >> com>, Tom Stiller <tomstiller(a)comcast.net> wrote: >> > In article <op.sw7mgwtjf62wq0(a)wnpgmb11dc1-45-174-30.dynamic.mts. >> > net>, >> > "Howard D." <reply_to_group(a)please.com> wrote: >> > >> > > > The best practice for a Mac laptop owner in my experience is to >> > > > get an external firewire drive for backups and maintenance >> > > > booting. Personally, it's the 20 GB iPod. Music player, >> > > > critical files backup drive and emergency boot drive. Being the >> > > > bit paranoid type, I have two such iPods. >> > > >> > > iPods hook up with firewire? >> > >> > You betcha. I have a minimal version of Tiger with DiskWarrior and >> > Retrospect on mine. >> >> Of course, Apple in their "wisdom" (read: cheapness) don't bother >> shipping iPods with FireWire cables, just USB. > > I've got three iPods (an original, a 3rd gen, and a Photo) and they > all came with FireWire cables. The only ones that don't come with > FireWire cables are the shuffles and the nanos. The current fourth generation white iPods don't come with FireWire cables anymore, just USB. You can still connect them via FireWire if you have the cable though. -- Roger Johnstone, Invercargill, New Zealand http://vintageware.orcon.net.nz/ ________________________________________________________________________ No Silicon Heaven? Preposterous! Where would all the calculators go? Kryten, from the Red Dwarf episode "The Last Day"
From: Anybody on 16 Sep 2005 23:44
In article <160920051649405269%dogbreath(a)chaseabone.com.invalid>, sbt <dogbreath(a)chaseabone.com.invalid> wrote: > In article <170920051120522813%anybody(a)anywhere-anytime.com>, Anybody > <anybody(a)anywhere-anytime.com> wrote: > > > In article <tomstiller-947847.15263116092005(a)comcast.dca.giganews.com>, > > Tom Stiller <tomstiller(a)comcast.net> wrote: > > > > > In article <op.sw7mgwtjf62wq0(a)wnpgmb11dc1-45-174-30.dynamic.mts.net>, > > > "Howard D." <reply_to_group(a)please.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > The best practice for a Mac laptop owner in my experience is to get an > > > > > external firewire drive for backups and maintenance booting. > > > > > Personally, > > > > > it's the 20 GB iPod. Music player, critical files backup drive and > > > > > emergency boot drive. Being the bit paranoid type, I have two such > > > > > iPods. > > > > > > > > iPods hook up with firewire? > > > > > > You betcha. I have a minimal version of Tiger with DiskWarrior and > > > Retrospect on mine. > > > > Of course, Apple in their "wisdom" (read: cheapness) don't bother > > shipping iPods with FireWire cables, just USB. > > I've got three iPods (an original, a 3rd gen, and a Photo) and they all > came with FireWire cables. The only ones that don't come with FireWire > cables are the shuffles and the nanos. Sorry, I should have said "don't bother ANY MORE shipping iPods with FireWire cable". :-) |