Firewire thumbdrives?

[JPK]

I know there is the one you can buy preloaded from TechTool, but are these available anywhere else?

Would any firewire thumbdrive be bootable?

JPK

[Racer X]

yes, it would be bootable, depending on the machine. I think Weibtech makes a FW thumbdrive. Another one is Kangaru.

[Paul F.]

Be sitting down when you check the price...


I wish they were more popular, and way cheaper...

[sscutchen]

I put my old Pismo 40G 2.5" ATA drive in an OWC aluminum fanless, self-powered case. Not a thumb drive, but very portable. Shirt pocket-sized. Just the drive and a cable. Depending on what you're trying to do, might be a good alternative.

[The Grim Ninja]

I've been considering doing the following:

Firewire Compact Flash Reader + Compact Flash card

Should be cheaper and only a bit larger than a regular flash drive.

[jdc]

[quote sscutchen]I put my old Pismo 40G 2.5" ATA drive in an OWC aluminum fanless, self-powered case. Not a thumb drive, but very portable. Shirt pocket-sized. Just the drive and a cable. Depending on what you're trying to do, might be a good alternative.
same here -- if you look on ebay there are some *really* small 2.5" FW cases -- not cheap -- like $30 but for the size theres nothing that small out there

[Racer X]

I have 2 baby VST FW drives, and they work great. About the size of 2 decks of cards side by side.

[Gareth]

You could also get a CF to 2.5" IDE adapter, and then put a CF card in a 2.5" firewire case.

BTW, Wiebetech's firewire thumb drive (which was an adapter for CF) has been long discontinued and is very hard to find.

[sscutchen]

[quote The Grim Ninja]I've been considering doing the following:

Firewire Compact Flash Reader + Compact Flash card

Should be cheaper and only a bit larger than a regular flash drive.
Nice thing about this is you could then add capacity by just adding cards. You don't need to duplicate the FW connectivity just to add storage.

[Racer X]

the intellimacs with USB 2 can boot from a USB thumb drive AFAIK.