[Dhaworth]

The only thing I like about doing the powerbook offload method is that after importing I can startup the PB in target disk mode, plug in my FW800, and dump to my G5 pretty fast. I suppose using a PC laptop you could just capture straight to a PC-formatted external (which a mac can read), and plug that right into the mac when it’s done, but all my drives are working drives, and while I’m offloading I’m cutting on my G5, so I can’t part with a drive for xfer. My question to powerbook dumpers is this:

Is there any way of seeing a P2 card in the PCMCIA slot on the powerbook while it’s in target disk mode and mounted on my G5? I would love to skip the step of starting up regularly on the PB, importing P2 into FCP, restarting in target disk mode, and dumping to my G5. I’m guessing the answer is no, that the PCMCIA Slot needs the system to be running in order to read, but it’s worth a shot.

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daniel haworth
FCP 5.1, G5 Dual 2ghz, lotsa ram