Looking for a bootable FW800 ExpressCard

I'm considering adding a FW800 Expresscard to my MacBook Pro 3,1. I was wondering if a Firewire port added via Expresscard would be recognized by the EFI and be able to be used to boot off of, like with the internal Firewire ports. If so, are there some chipset Firewire cards that will be recognized and some that won't? And, if so, can anyone recommend any particular compatible cards?
Thanks

JoeyR wrote:
Unfortunately, devices connected via the express slot are not recognized by the EFI during boot.
*NOT TURE!* My JMicron based SATA IS bootable. I don't have a fw800 card, but OWC will tell you for sure or not. I would contact them! http://eshop.macsales.com/Service/index.cfm
Apple wrote the specs for firewire. If your Mac won't boot from these cards, that would be news to me.

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