[P1] External Firewire HD

[don hinkle]

Brian, a minor oversight. You *still* don't mention what kind of 
external Firewire HD you bought (and from whom, and for how much) that 
will boot!
-don

Brian Olesky wrote:

>>>>I am planning to buy an external Firewire HD (or a HD case) for my
>>>>ibook. I would like to be able to boot from that drive.
>>>
>>>I'm curious. Why do you want to do this?
>>
>>One reason would be to restore that backup drive to the internal via
>>backup if the internal fails.
> 
> 
> Ahh, got it. I actually have an external hard drive on order for delivery
> today, as a result of last week's thread on this subject. Would I be smart
> to get a copy of Carbon Copy Cloner, and just clone the whole internal drive
> contents straight to the hard drive on a regular basis, or is this overkill,
> and would I be better off getting one of those programs that just updates
> the info on a regular basis? And if I start out the first time with a
> complete copy of everything, is that all I need to boot off the external
> drive if the internal drive drops dead?
> 
> Finally, apologies to Mark for highjacking his original post questioning
> what kind of external drive he'll need to be able to boot from it.
> 
> Thanks,
> Brian
> 
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