Multiple ATA Drives Appear as One

I have two ATA drives and I would like to make them appear as one, to have more space for music. Can I do this and how do I?
Also, can I use an external Firewire drive as my booting drive and run all of my programs off of this drive?
Thanks in advance for your help.
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I have two ATA drives and I would like to make them
appear as one, to have more space for music. Can I
do this and how do I?
Yes. You can make a RAID set out of the disks with Disk Utility. Click on the "RAID" tab. Before doing this read all you can about the different kinds of RAID. There is some information in the RAID section of Disk Utility's Help, but you should read some more before deciding to do it.
ATA drives will not work with the built-in SATA controller in the G5. There are adapters to convert them to SATA
<http://www.sonnettech.com/product/tempo_bridge.html>
or you can install a PCI ATA 133 card. There are also PCI cards that will do the RAID in hardware for better performance. There are mounting kits to fit extra drives in the G5 case, or you can screw them to the inside of the front cover. A good place for information is <http://www.xlr8yourmac.com>
Also, can I use an external Firewire drive as my
booting drive and run all of my programs off of this
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Yes, but it will be slower than an internal drive.

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