daisy chaining external firewire 800 drives

[chris1184]

Hey guys...quick question...so my imac has a firewire port and i have an external HD connected to it..it is the My Book studio 1TB by western digital....i think this HD has 2 firewire ports so do i just need to plug in the other hard drive into this one in order to daisy chain it? or is there more to it?

 

[GGJstudios]

do i just need to plug in the other hard drive into this one in order to daisy chain it?

Yep!

or is there more to it?

Nope!

 

[old-wiz]

Only issue might be mixing firewire 400 and firewire 800 - daisy chaining will not make a firewire 400 drive run like an 800, and if a 400 is first in the chain then an 800 behind it will only run at 400 speeds.

 

[chris1184]

thanks dudes...yes i will make sure both are firewire 800 (come to think of it i will probably try to get the same exact drive i already have)