Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/08/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]You might want to invest in a FireWire hub to run other FW400 ports and use the 800 port for your RAID drives. Adam On 8/28/06, Richard S. Taylor <r.s.taylor@comcast.net> wrote: > The 80 GB internal drive in my iMac G5 is about full and it's time to > add external storage. Based on recent discussions here, I'm planning > on adding two 250 or 320 GB external disks in a RAID 1 configuration. > My iMac G5 has two Fire Wire 400 ports, one of which is dedicated to > my scanner. > > Many of the newer drives come with only one FW400 port and two FW800 ports. > > Is is acceptable to connect one of the drives via FW400 to the iMac > and then daisy chain the second disc into the system using FW800? > > Many thanks. > -- > Regards, > > Dick > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >