[Ti] Firewire vs. USB 2.0

[Jim Freeman]

On 28-Nov-06, at 7:29 AM, Jerry Krinock wrote:

> My Firelite was dependable for a few years, but then two of them  
> "fried" in
> 2 days.  Actually, the Firewire interface chip inside burned up for  
> some
> reason (could smell it a little, upon taking it apart, found a  
> little hole
> in the chip).  Smartdisk would not sell me a new controller board,  
> so, now I
> use a USB 2.0 enclosure for my backup drive with my new Mac instead of
> Firewire.  There are cheaper, seem to be just as fast, and from other
> reports I've read on the internet, don't have this problem with  
> "frying"
> that may have to do with the 30-volt DC power on the 6-pin Firewire
> connector.
>
> But I don't know if they can be made bootable or not.

Interesting that you should bring this up. I have a firewire drive  
for backups and I wanted to get one for my father. USB2 drives were  
cheaper so I ordered him one of those. Now I'm wondering if I didn't  
make a mistake. Is there a way to boot from a USB2 drive?