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Subject: Can anyone recommend an external firewire-based drive?
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Hello,

I'm looking for an external, firewire-based, hard-drive from which to 
run FreeBSD 7.0 (i386).  Ideally, I'd boot from this device as well, but 
I'm not sure if FreeBSD (or my BIOS) supports booting from firewire.

Can anyone recommend a manufacturer and/or model?


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Regards,
Doug