Does the miniStack Sleep With the Mac mini?

This question is for those that own a miniStack. Does the miniStack sleep when you put your Mac mini to sleep?
I just purchases a miniStack and am using it with my Powerbook. I noticed that when the miniStack is connected, the Powerbook will never go to sleep. If I choose sleep from the Apple menu, the Powerbook will go to sleep for about 2 seconds and then wake back up. It will only go to sleep if I eject the miniStack, then turn it off, and then the Powerbook will go to sleep.
I was wondering if this was the case for Mac mini users as well, or with any type of firewire drive.
Also, this might be a silly question but, If I boot from my miniStack and then eject it, what will happen?
Thanks

Hmm my ministack transferring a 30 mb file on USB is whole lot slower than firewire. Took a second for each mb on USB but for the firewire it transfered 30mb in a snap. I don't know what could be the problem. If you do have both connections to your computer (USB & Firewire) then you probably have the drive switch to USB for the HD. Thats the only reason I could think of for the HD being slower than it should be on firewire.
There is a chance of the ministack being defective. I remember when I got the ministack. I plug it in the wall with the computer connected, didn't work. It was so strange. So I turned it back in and came back to me saying it worked for them and only then it started to work. So there might be a chance but for a problem of USB being faster than firewire is what I think is rare.
Ti Powerbook G4 1.0 Ghz Mac OS X (10.4.3) A ministack that won't let my computer sleep if Fireware and USB are both connected

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