[suprz]

check out this bullshit..... i have a B&W G3 with BUILT IN firewire and i cant use it for firewire target disk mode?!!
damn i'm pissed

Target computers

The following models can be used as target computers:

* PowerBook G3 (FireWire)
* PowerBook G4 (All models)
* iBook (FireWire and all iBook models introduced after 2000.09)
* iBook SE (FireWire)
* iBook (Dual USB)
* iBook (Late 2001)
* iBook (14.1 LCD)
* iBook (16 VRAM)
* iBook (14.1 LCD 16 VRAM)
* iBook (Opaque 16 VRAM)
* iBook (32 VRAM) and iBook (14.1 LCD 32 VRAM)
* Power Mac G4 (AGP Graphics) with ATA drive
* Power Mac G4 Cube
* Power Mac G4 (Gigabit Ethernet and all models introduced after 2000.07)
* Power Mac G4 (Digital Audio)
* Power Mac G4 (QuickSilver)
* Power Mac G4 (QuickSilver 2002)
* iMac (Slot Loading) with Firmware version 2.4 or later
* iMac (Summer 2000 and all models introduced after 2000.07)
* iMac (Early 2001)
* iMac (Summer 2001)
* iMac (Flat Panel)
* iMac (17-inch Flat Panel)
* iMac (17-inch 1GHz)
* eMac





yeah, yeah, i know ethernet etc...... but still it has built in firewire ports, and i cant use them in this fashion? it just doesnt make sense......


rant.rant..rant........

[LegendaryPinkOx]

same with my Yikes! G4. Just use a crossover ethernet cable instead.

[superlarry]

do you want a reason? it's not supported by the B&W's firmware. just like you can't boot from firewire drives on the B&W - it just isn't initialized in time. it's not a crippling issue - it's that the extra features weren't added until later.
if you have OSX, you can use apple's IP over Firewire for Firewire-speed networking (at least as much of that speed that a B&W can crank out.. you'll probably max out at around 5 megs per second).

http://developer.apple.com/firewire/..._FireWire.html
try that. yes, it works on B&W's.

[bartman00]

<scarcasm>
wow.. your've really been wronged! they should do a mass recall of all old computers and install features that wern't avaliable when they were built! I'm so pissed too.. my G4 only has a AGP 1x slot in it.. I meen what the ****.. they have 4x slots now! and why the hell dosn't my 233 imac have a 17" lcd screen.. I meen hello, imacs have had lcd's now for over a year!
</scarcasm>

You dround me in your river of tears.

Bart

[MindFad]

Originally posted by bartman00:


You dround me in your river of tears.

Bart

Hehehe. Just stop it.

[sideus]

HOW I HATE NEW TECHNOLOGY!

[Cipher13]

Originally posted by bartman00:
<scarcasm>
wow.. your've really been wronged! they should do a mass recall of all old computers and install features that wern't avaliable when they were built! I'm so pissed too.. my G4 only has a AGP 1x slot in it.. I meen what the ****.. they have 4x slots now! and why the hell dosn't my 233 imac have a 17" lcd screen.. I meen hello, imacs have had lcd's now for over a year!
</scarcasm>

You dround me in your river of tears.

Bart

2x, actually.

[suprz]

i said it was a rant ........it doesnt have to make sense