Has anyone here booted a laptop using an external HD
connected via an eSATA ExpressCard? The ExpressCard
that I had been planning to use is this one by SIIG: http://siig.com/ViewProduct.aspx?pn=SC-SAEE22-S1 .
But a call to SIIG indicates that the HD couldn't be used to
boot a laptop, only to hold data. Has anyone here had
better luck with this or any other eSATA ExpressCard?
> Has anyone here booted a laptop using an external HD
> connected via an eSATA ExpressCard? The ExpressCard
> that I had been planning to use is this one by SIIG:
> http://siig.com/ViewProduct.aspx?pn=SC-SAEE22-S1 .
> But a call to SIIG indicates that the HD couldn't be used to
> boot a laptop, only to hold data. Has anyone here had
> better luck with this or any other eSATA ExpressCard?
It aint just the card that matters, the laptop needs to be able
to specify that you want to boot off the drive on the card too.
That last isnt that common a capability at all.
Previously Timothy Daniels <SpamBucket@nospamplease.biz> wrote:
> Has anyone here booted a laptop using an external HD
> connected via an eSATA ExpressCard? The ExpressCard
> that I had been planning to use is this one by SIIG:
> http://siig.com/ViewProduct.aspx?pn=SC-SAEE22-S1 .
> But a call to SIIG indicates that the HD couldn't be used to
> boot a laptop, only to hold data. Has anyone here had
> better luck with this or any other eSATA ExpressCard?
> *TimDaniels*
In principle these cards could be made bootable like
any other PCI Express HDD controller. I think you
should just look for one that claims to be bootable.
"Arno Wagner" wrote:
> Timothy Daniels wrote:
>> Has anyone here booted a laptop using an external HD
>> connected via an eSATA ExpressCard? The ExpressCard
>> that I had been planning to use is this one by SIIG:
>> http://siig.com/ViewProduct.aspx?pn=SC-SAEE22-S1 .
>> But a call to SIIG indicates that the HD couldn't be used to
>> boot a laptop, only to hold data. Has anyone here had
>> better luck with this or any other eSATA ExpressCard?
>
>> *TimDaniels*
>
> In principle these cards could be made bootable like
> any other PCI Express HDD controller. I think you
> should just look for one that claims to be bootable.
>
> Arno
IOW, the bootability lies with the ExpressCard and
not in the laptop's BIOS?
"Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote in message news:609bsmF1q24stU1@mid.individual.net...
> Timothy Daniels <SpamBucket@NoSpamPlease.biz> wrote:
>
>> Has anyone here booted a laptop using an external HD
>> connected via an eSATA ExpressCard? The ExpressCard
>> that I had been planning to use is this one by SIIG:
>> http://siig.com/ViewProduct.aspx?pn=SC-SAEE22-S1 .
>> But a call to SIIG indicates that the HD couldn't be used to
>> boot a laptop, only to hold data. Has anyone here had
>> better luck with this or any other eSATA ExpressCard?
>
> It aint just the card that matters, the laptop needs to be able
> to specify that you want to boot off the drive on the card too.
> That last isnt that common a capability at all.
>
There is the Int13 BIOS on the card, and
the boot select options in the system BIOS.
Are you saying the latter is not standard on laptops?
Previously Timothy Daniels <SpamBucket@nospamplease.biz> wrote:
> "Arno Wagner" wrote:
>> Timothy Daniels wrote:
>>> Has anyone here booted a laptop using an external HD
>>> connected via an eSATA ExpressCard? The ExpressCard
>>> that I had been planning to use is this one by SIIG:
>>> http://siig.com/ViewProduct.aspx?pn=SC-SAEE22-S1 .
>>> But a call to SIIG indicates that the HD couldn't be used to
>>> boot a laptop, only to hold data. Has anyone here had
>>> better luck with this or any other eSATA ExpressCard?
>>
>>> *TimDaniels*
>>
>> In principle these cards could be made bootable like
>> any other PCI Express HDD controller. I think you
>> should just look for one that claims to be bootable.
>>
>> Arno
> IOW, the bootability lies with the ExpressCard and
> not in the laptop's BIOS?
The standard method is for the ExpressCard to have its
own BIOS, which ''hooks'' into the system BIOS. An alternate
(cheaper) method is to bring the card up in an IDE compatible
mode that the laptop BIOS handles. This second method often
does not work and does indeed depend on the laptop's BIOS.
Eric Gisin <gisin@uniserve.com> wrote
> Rod Speed <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote
>> Timothy Daniels <SpamBucket@NoSpamPlease.biz> wrote
>>> Has anyone here booted a laptop using an external HD
>>> connected via an eSATA ExpressCard? The ExpressCard
>>> that I had been planning to use is this one by SIIG:
>>> http://siig.com/ViewProduct.aspx?pn=SC-SAEE22-S1 .
>>> But a call to SIIG indicates that the HD couldn't be used to
>>> boot a laptop, only to hold data. Has anyone here had
>>> better luck with this or any other eSATA ExpressCard?
>> It aint just the card that matters, the laptop needs to be able
>> to specify that you want to boot off the drive on the card too.
>> That last isnt that common a capability at all.
> There is the Int13 BIOS on the card, and
> the boot select options in the system BIOS.
> Are you saying the latter is not standard on laptops?
Timothy Daniels <SpamBucket@NoSpamPlease.biz> wrote
> Arno Wagner wrote
>> Timothy Daniels wrote
>>> Has anyone here booted a laptop using an external HD
>>> connected via an eSATA ExpressCard? The ExpressCard
>>> that I had been planning to use is this one by SIIG:
>>> http://siig.com/ViewProduct.aspx?pn=SC-SAEE22-S1 .
>>> But a call to SIIG indicates that the HD couldn't be used to
>>> boot a laptop, only to hold data. Has anyone here had
>>> better luck with this or any other eSATA ExpressCard?
>> In principle these cards could be made bootable like
>> any other PCI Express HDD controller. I think you
>> should just look for one that claims to be bootable.
> IOW, the bootability lies with the ExpressCard and not in the laptop's BIOS?
Its more complicated than that with a LAPTOP.
He doesnt appear to have noticed that you're talking about a laptop.
Arno Wagner wrote in news:60a5vmF1pujqfU1@mid.individual.net
> Previously Timothy Daniels <SpamBucket@nospamplease.biz> wrote:
> > "Arno Wagner" wrote:
> > > Timothy Daniels wrote:
> > > > Has anyone here booted a laptop using an external HD
> > > > connected via an eSATA ExpressCard? The ExpressCard
> > > > that I had been planning to use is this one by SIIG:
> > > > http://siig.com/ViewProduct.aspx?pn=SC-SAEE22-S1 .
> > > > But a call to SIIG indicates that the HD couldn't be used to
> > > > boot a laptop, only to hold data. Has anyone here had
> > > > better luck with this or any other eSATA ExpressCard?
> > >
> > > > *TimDaniels*
> > >
> > > In principle these cards could be made bootable like
> > > any other PCI Express HDD controller. I think you
> > > should just look for one that claims to be bootable.
> > >
> > > Arno
>
>
> > IOW, the bootability lies with the ExpressCard and
> > not in the laptop's BIOS?
> The standard method is for the ExpressCard to have its
> own BIOS, which ''hooks'' into the system BIOS. An alternate
> (cheaper) method is to bring the card up in an IDE compatible
> mode that the laptop BIOS handles. This second method often
> does not work and does indeed depend on the laptop's BIOS.
Rod Speed wrote in news:60a63cF1pljd8U1@mid.individual.net
> Timothy Daniels <SpamBucket@NoSpamPlease.biz> wrote
> > Arno Wagner wrote
> > > Timothy Daniels wrote
>
> > > > Has anyone here booted a laptop using an external HD
> > > > connected via an eSATA ExpressCard? The ExpressCard
> > > > that I had been planning to use is this one by SIIG:
> > > > http://siig.com/ViewProduct.aspx?pn=SC-SAEE22-S1 .
> > > > But a call to SIIG indicates that the HD couldn't be used to
> > > > boot a laptop, only to hold data. Has anyone here had
> > > > better luck with this or any other eSATA ExpressCard?
>
> > > In principle these cards could be made bootable like
> > > any other PCI Express HDD controller. I think you
> > > should just look for one that claims to be bootable.
>
> > IOW, the bootability lies with the ExpressCard and not in the laptop's BIOS?
>
> Its more complicated than that with a LAPTOP.
>
> He doesnt appear to have noticed that you're talking about a laptop.
Which of course can't happen with a babblebot.
So he cooked up a story, as always.
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