B&W boot options.

Hi all,
I have a Rev. 1 (piece o' $h*t IDE controller) G3/400. This computer has been the source of my headaches for months. I have tryed at least 15 different HD's and none will work for more than 5 minutes before a crash. I have even put an apple OEM 6gb from a beige in there and it didnt work. I have heard this machine is not FireWire bootable, is this true? Well anyways. If I disconnect the optical drive compleatly and install a hard drive on the ATA 33 bus will it work without crashing, or data corruption? I have come across an external firewire burner so I do not need the internal optical drive.
thanks,
Allen

I would rather not put a hundred bucks, or 50 for that matter into the machine to buy that controller card. I would rather put that kinda money in my "new" sawtooth I got recently. I will not have to use it as my main computer anymore now that I have a G4, so i'm just trying to find a cheap, quick, and easy way to get it stable. It will just be used for light internet/itunes for when guests are over to use and such. I also have the scsi card that came with it and an external scsi cd burner I can boot of that if need be right? Also I can network boot the G3 through my G4 for disk utility and instalations correct?
thanks,
Allen

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