[MacDV] La Cie's 120 Gb external HD

[RFD]

> Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2003 15:29:06 +0100
> Subject: [MacDV] La Cie's 120 Gb external HD
> From: "F. Mortes" <fmortes at saltidiomes.com>
> Message-Id: <E013C077-24A7-11D7-A2B1-000393875FC0 at saltidiomes.com>
> 
> Hi!
> 
> I'm looking to buy this La Cie HD to do video editing work, but I have
> two questions which the staff at the Apple Store and La Cie's web site
> are unable to answer:
> 
> - can I partition this external HD and install MacOS X so that it's
> bootable?
> - will I be able to import DV footage with iMovie straight onto it
> (bypassing my internal HD)?
> 
> This appears to be a 7,200 rpm device, but I don't know if it comes with
> an Oxford 911 bridge ...
>  
> Thanks
>  
> Francesc

Francesc,

You might want to consider putting your own drive together. By doing so, you
will have complete control over the interface/bridge and drive mechanism
used.

You can pick up the new Pyro 1394 Drive Kit here:

<http://eshop.macsales.com/Catalog_Item.cfm?ID=3213&Item=ADSAPI800>

This case is built like a tank and is absolutely bullet proof.

Shop for the 3.5" EIDE drive of your choice here:

<http://www.googlegear.com/jsp/ThirdCategoryList.jsp?SecondCategoryCode=0110
>
<http://www.newegg.com/app/manufactory.asp?catalog=14&DEPA=1&mfrcode=0&prope
rtycode=&propertycodevalue=3333>

Installing the drive in the case should take all of 10 minutes. Do it
yourself and you'll know exactly what's in there (not to mention how it got
there). Need a bigger/faster drive down the road? Just swap it out.

If you really want to run on the edge, take a look at this remarkable
package from Granite Digital:

<http://www.granitedigital.com/catalog/pg26_firewireidehotswapdrive.htm>
<http://www.granitedigital.com/catalog/pg32_firewiresmarthotswapdrive.htm>

You can buy all the drives you want and pop them each into a $29 carrier.
Swapping them is just a matter of sliding the carrier into the case. They're
as easy to change as a zip disk.

To answer your question, the LaCie can be partitioned
(Applications>Utilities>Disk Utility) and a bootable copy of OS X can be
installed. I have done exactly that on every kind and size of external drive
you can imagine without incident.

Bob


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