[X4U] USB 2.0 vs Firewire?

[Zane H. Healy]

> Macs with a FireWire port can boot from an external FW HD. That is not
> necessarily the case with USB2. Some Macs can boot from it, but many cannot.
> Of course, if you are not cloning your computer to your backup drive, this
> will not be of importance.

Not all Firewire HD's can be booted from.  I have two Firewire inclosures,
one I can boot from, one I can't.  Of course the one I can boot from has a
dead powersupply, so I've got a power brick plugged into it now.

		Zane