On Monday, August 18, 2003, at 10:33 AM, 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. Another might be to use it for a test drive such as connecting to the internet to test for viruses with no firewall. --- Are you Wanted by the RIAA for music piracy? <http://www.eff.org/IP/P2P/riaasubpoenas/> <http://www.JackRodgers.com> <http://www.lobatelacscale.com> JackRodgers at earthlink.net