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From: Timothy Daniels on 29 Jan 2008 13:34 Has anyone here booted a laptop using an external HD connected via an eSATA ExpressCard? The ExpressCard that I had been planning to use is this one by SIIG: http://siig.com/ViewProduct.aspx?pn=SC-SAEE22-S1 . But a call to SIIG indicates that the HD couldn't be used to boot a laptop, only to hold data. Has anyone here had better luck with this or any other eSATA ExpressCard? *TimDaniels*
From: Rod Speed on 30 Jan 2008 14:08 Timothy Daniels <SpamBucket(a)NoSpamPlease.biz> wrote: > Has anyone here booted a laptop using an external HD > connected via an eSATA ExpressCard? The ExpressCard > that I had been planning to use is this one by SIIG: > http://siig.com/ViewProduct.aspx?pn=SC-SAEE22-S1 . > But a call to SIIG indicates that the HD couldn't be used to > boot a laptop, only to hold data. Has anyone here had > better luck with this or any other eSATA ExpressCard? It aint just the card that matters, the laptop needs to be able to specify that you want to boot off the drive on the card too. That last isnt that common a capability at all.
From: Arno Wagner on 30 Jan 2008 19:13 Previously Timothy Daniels <SpamBucket(a)nospamplease.biz> wrote: > Has anyone here booted a laptop using an external HD > connected via an eSATA ExpressCard? The ExpressCard > that I had been planning to use is this one by SIIG: > http://siig.com/ViewProduct.aspx?pn=SC-SAEE22-S1 . > But a call to SIIG indicates that the HD couldn't be used to > boot a laptop, only to hold data. Has anyone here had > better luck with this or any other eSATA ExpressCard? > *TimDaniels* In principle these cards could be made bootable like any other PCI Express HDD controller. I think you should just look for one that claims to be bootable. Arno
From: Timothy Daniels on 29 Jan 2008 19:37 "Arno Wagner" wrote: > Timothy Daniels wrote: >> Has anyone here booted a laptop using an external HD >> connected via an eSATA ExpressCard? The ExpressCard >> that I had been planning to use is this one by SIIG: >> http://siig.com/ViewProduct.aspx?pn=SC-SAEE22-S1 . >> But a call to SIIG indicates that the HD couldn't be used to >> boot a laptop, only to hold data. Has anyone here had >> better luck with this or any other eSATA ExpressCard? > >> *TimDaniels* > > In principle these cards could be made bootable like > any other PCI Express HDD controller. I think you > should just look for one that claims to be bootable. > > Arno IOW, the bootability lies with the ExpressCard and not in the laptop's BIOS? *TimDaniels*
From: Eric Gisin on 29 Jan 2008 21:08
"Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:609bsmF1q24stU1(a)mid.individual.net... > Timothy Daniels <SpamBucket(a)NoSpamPlease.biz> wrote: > >> Has anyone here booted a laptop using an external HD >> connected via an eSATA ExpressCard? The ExpressCard >> that I had been planning to use is this one by SIIG: >> http://siig.com/ViewProduct.aspx?pn=SC-SAEE22-S1 . >> But a call to SIIG indicates that the HD couldn't be used to >> boot a laptop, only to hold data. Has anyone here had >> better luck with this or any other eSATA ExpressCard? > > It aint just the card that matters, the laptop needs to be able > to specify that you want to boot off the drive on the card too. > That last isnt that common a capability at all. > There is the Int13 BIOS on the card, and the boot select options in the system BIOS. Are you saying the latter is not standard on laptops? |