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Subject: Re: Boot from Firewire (VIA Fire II)
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Kevin Roettger <flymac@mac.com> writes:

> Any ideas? Is it even possible to do what I'd like to do?

Unless someone hacks Firewire support into the loader (unlikely) or
writes an Firewire/SBP-2 Option ROM (unlikely): No.

Regards,
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Julian Stecklina

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