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Mac OS X 10.3.7 (#14): Fresh installation required for some FireWire drives to boot; SATA drive mounting issues; more

Fresh installation of Mac OS X 10.3.7 required for some FireWire drives to boot Yesterday we reported issues with some FireWire drives being unable to act as boot volumes after they were introduced to ...
Ars Technica

Firewire Card Install Probs

I am trying to install this Maxtor Firewire card so I can start using my ipod and I am about to Buff Bagwell my computer. I keep getting this message:<BR><BR>"Cannot ...
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Mac OS X 10.3.3 (#11): More success with combo updater re-installation; Still more on FireWire issues

More success with combo updater re-installation We continue to receive success stories from users who have re-applied the Mac OS X 10.3.3 combination updater to resolve specific issues - most notably ...
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Install linux on a laptop with a firewire based CDrom

it would work fine off the firewire, if the BIOS is capable of booting off a firewire device. But there is no reason you can't copy the iso onto a harddive and then use it as the installation ...