[X4U] New Mac Upgrade

[Aron S. Spencer]

but the whole point of FW target mode is to make the computer look  
_just_ like a hard drive. It does work, I've done it.

On Oct 18, 2006, at 8:29 PM, Daly Jessup wrote:

> At 3:06 PM -0400 18/10/06, John Belen wrote:
>> Aha!! But therein lies the twist!!
>>
>> The reason that I am upgrading is because the Firewire port on my  
>> Titanium is burned out, hence no Target mode. Now! That being  
>> said, I DO have an external enclosure that I can toss my Titanium  
>> harddrive into. Will Migration Assistant work if I stick my drive  
>> in an enclosure?
>
> I don't see how you could do Firewire mode with an external  
> enclosure. The signal to a computer to mount in FW target disk mode  
> is to hold down its "T" key. With just an external drive, you don't  
> have that "T" key. You just have an  actual external FW drive, not  
> a computer being made to function as if it were an external drive.
>
> Daly
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Aron S. Spencer
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