Hi folks I recent acquired a 160GB ATA 2·5-inch hard disk (5400rpm) and wondered whether it would give my Pismo (400MHz, 80GB, 4400rpm) a wee speed-bump. After many failed attempts to clone the 80GB to the 160GB (via USB - too slow, fell over; via a firewire external case - couldn't see all of the 160GB; putting both HDs into my G4/800 using desktop to 2·5" adaptors), I gave up and decided to reinstall from scratch: - put 160GB into Pismo - using disk utility on my tiger installer DVD, partition the visible 128GB into 15GB (for OS9) + 113GB (for Tiger ) - install Tiger onto the 113GB partition, then update to 10.4.11 and install apps - install Intech's hi-capacity driver to make the remainder of the hard disk visible - use Intech's extender to format this as a volume - install OS9.1 on the 15GB partition, then update to 9.2..2 and install apps All went fine except that, not unreasonably, each time OS9 booted, it asked me whether I wanted to initialise the unreadable volume created by the Intech gubbins. Each time I hit 'cancel' until that last time when I gave in, thinking 'why not have this space availble to OS9 as well?' At the next restart, the mac couldn't find an OS to start from. Even Open Firmware could only see the 15GB partition, and couldn't select it to start from.
So I put the original 80GB back into Pismo and wrote off that week's surgery as a bad loss. However, I wonder - does any company make a 2·5-inch ATA hard disk which is faster than 5400rpm? If so, would it noticeably speed up Tiger in Pismo? (Pure OS9 works fast enough with the 4400rpm HD). I'd prefer 128GB or smaller so I don't need the high capacity drivers and don't have the temptation to do something that will lock up Pismo. Hints along the lines of 'here's company X's list of products' or 'you're barking, the processor and system bus are the speed limit' would be equally welcome cheers Bruce -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Books, 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 leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g-books Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/
