On 6/5/03 3:00 PM, Marcelus G. Zalotti posted: >on 04/06/2003 12:40, Gamba at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >>> Can anyone answer this SE/30 Maximum HD size question with authority? >>> A little voice in the back of my head is whispering about a 2GB limit >>> (possibly an OS-driven HFS issue?). >> >> The maximum HD size is determined by which System software is used. >> With 7.5 or higher the limit is greater than 2GB. >> See: >> <http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=11333> >> >> Gamba >> <http://home.earthlink.net/~gamba2> > >Well, I've got a PowerMac 6100 with a 9.1GB HD, and when I started it up >with a System 7.5 Install CD I've seen a warning message saying that volumes >larger than 4GB couldn't be mounted on desktop. Well, this should be the >ceiling, doesn't it?
There is no maximum hard drive size. There is a maximum *partition* size, which was 2 GB up until System 7.5.1, then bumped to 4 GB in 7.5.2. Apple's software allows up to 8 partitions per hard drive, so a 15 GB drive could be partitioned as eight app. 2 GB partitions that any Mac could access -- and a 30 GB drive could support 8 partitions of up to 4 GB apiece. Although you could use a larger hard drive and create an unusable partition, 15 GB is probably plenty for most compact Mac users. -- Dan Knight, president, Cobweb Publishing, Inc. <http://cobwebpublishing.com> <http://lowendmac.com> <http://digital-views.com> <http://digigraphica.com> <http://lowendpc.com> <http://reformed.net> Microsoft Windows? How 20th century! -- Compact Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/>. Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Compact Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/compact.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
