<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><DIV><DIV>On 13 Oct, 2007, at 7:22, Jack Corcoran wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Palatino" size="5" style="font: 16.0px Palatino">However, I am unable to boot from the Maxtor altho it was my impression that when using Firewire this was</FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Palatino" size="5" style="font: 16.0px Palatino">supposedly possible.</FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Palatino; min-height: 20.0px"><BR></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Palatino" size="5" style="font: 16.0px Palatino">Am I laboring under a false impression or is there another explanation?</FONT></P> </BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR><DIV>I have no experience with a Mini, but I would ask whether or not it CAN be booted from an external FireWire case.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>I have read that some Macs can boot to a FireWire external drive and others can boot to a USB external drive. I have booted iMac Rev A,B,C, & Ds to a USB external and also some early G4 tower models, but have never had a Mini to play with, so I have no suggestions there.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>I have booted my G5 PowerPC tower at home to a FireWire box, but haven't tried it with my USB box yet. That box stays at work and I never remember to bring it home to use in an experiment with my G5. I guess that isn't all that important to me to try or I would remember.</DIV></BODY></HTML>