My Reply follows quote. On 18/09/2005 15:17 [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: >At 7:23 PM +0100 9/18/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>I have a hard disk (500Mb Quantum) that has OS 7.5 installed perfectly on it. >>However, none of my 68030 Macs (SE/30, IIci, LC3) can even detect its >>existence. My 68040 and PPC Macs (LC475 and up) can detect it, and as far >>as they're concerned, there is nothing wrong with it. >> >>What gives? How do I get this damned hard disk to work in my SE/30? >Are you trying to use it as an internal, or as an external? > >It's possible that older Macs had a lower upper-limit for maximum >volume size. You might need to partition. I'd verify that first, of >course. ----------- Well, I have 1gig drive in a Color Classic with Sys 7.1 that gives no problems, so if there is an upper limit, 500mb is well below that limit.
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