Carl, the 128GB limit only applies to drives on the internal ATA controller, not external drives. I have 2 500GB WD externals hooked up to a B&W G3, and they work fine.
On Sat, Jul 18, 2009 at 11:00 AM, Carl Freire<[email protected]> wrote: > > At 8:54 PM -0700 7/17/09, MacFiend wrote: >>I am trying to use a Western Digital Passport 250GB external HDD USB >>with my Pismo, but it mounts the HDD, but says it is unreadable and >>then forwards me to the Disk Utility. It seems the HDD but I can't >>partition it or anything. So, I partitioned it on my G4 iMac, on which >>it works perfectly, and then removed it and tried to use it on the >>Pismo; again, no luck! Is this a fool's errand or am I doing something >>wrong? Please advise as I need more than the 20GB internal HDD. > > The Pismo faces the 128GB size barrier due to the nature of its ATA > controller--a bit of technical mumbojumbo that us laymen really don't > need to know anything about except for the fact that it's the reason > your Pismo won't recognize the large drive. To get around this > barrier you need to get some extra software--I used Intech Software's > Hi-Cap driver. You can read about this particular issue and the > software here: > > <http://www.speedtools.com/ATA6.html> > > I seem to recall there's a few other similar tools floating around, > but anyway this worked for me. > > Cheers, > Carl > -- > > ********** > > Carl Freire > cfreire /[...@]* ix.netcom.com > Tokyo, Japan > > > > -- Chance Reecher 765-4609 491-2286 [email protected] AIM: cnrtechhead --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Low End Mac's G-Books list, a group for those using G3 iBooks and PowerBooks (we run a separate list for G4 'Books). The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g-books?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
