Comments on: Using SATA drives with a MacBook Pro http://kino-eye.com/2007/07/19/sata-for-macbookpro/ "Everybody who cares for his art, seeks the essence of his own technique." -- Dziga Vertov (1922) Fri, 27 Apr 2012 15:51:42 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: David Tames http://kino-eye.com/2007/07/19/sata-for-macbookpro/comment-page-1/#comment-118657 David Tames Sun, 30 Mar 2008 16:43:58 +0000 http://kino-eye.com/2007/07/19/sata-for-macbookpro/#comment-118657 Technical update: some users have reported problems with Mac OS X Leopard (10.5.x) and the eSATA II 2-Port ExpressCard-M interface card from SIIG. SIIG has a newer card with updated firmware available. Their technical support folks have replaced cards for users in some circumstances. I recently purchased a Tempo SATA Express 34 from Sonnet and it works like a charm, I'm currently running OS X 10.5.2 on my MacBook Pro. While the Sonnet card has the advantage of working under Leopard and supporting port multipliers (they allow you to connect multiple SATA drives via a single SATA cable to the computer) the disadvantage is I no longer have access to the SMART data error reporting from the drives, since the Sonnet driver looks like a SCSI drive to the Mac. Oh well. Technical update: some users have reported problems with Mac OS X Leopard (10.5.x) and the eSATA II 2-Port ExpressCard-M interface card from SIIG. SIIG has a newer card with updated firmware available. Their technical support folks have replaced cards for users in some circumstances.

I recently purchased a Tempo SATA Express 34 from Sonnet and it works like a charm, I’m currently running OS X 10.5.2 on my MacBook Pro. While the Sonnet card has the advantage of working under Leopard and supporting port multipliers (they allow you to connect multiple SATA drives via a single SATA cable to the computer) the disadvantage is I no longer have access to the SMART data error reporting from the drives, since the Sonnet driver looks like a SCSI drive to the Mac. Oh well.

]]> By: David Tames http://kino-eye.com/2007/07/19/sata-for-macbookpro/comment-page-1/#comment-118656 David Tames Sun, 30 Mar 2008 16:41:07 +0000 http://kino-eye.com/2007/07/19/sata-for-macbookpro/#comment-118656 onizuka, Mac OS X does not support booting from external SATA drives. I use the external SATA drives as media and backup drives. onizuka, Mac OS X does not support booting from external SATA drives. I use the external SATA drives as media and backup drives.

]]> By: onizuka http://kino-eye.com/2007/07/19/sata-for-macbookpro/comment-page-1/#comment-118582 onizuka Sun, 30 Mar 2008 10:38:11 +0000 http://kino-eye.com/2007/07/19/sata-for-macbookpro/#comment-118582 Hi, is it possible to boot from such an external drive, instead of the internal drive of the macbook pro? and even better, is it possible to boot from a raid 0 with this configuration...? Cheers Hi,
is it possible to boot from such an external drive, instead of the internal drive of the macbook pro? and even better, is it possible to boot from a raid 0 with this configuration…?
Cheers

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