Good morning, Hitachi makes a 7200RPM 100 GB ATA and it runs very happily in a pismo.
I will try and find a link for it for you, Cheers, Chris On Sun, Jan 24, 2010 at 8:06 AM, Bruce Ryan <[email protected]> wrote: > 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]<g-books%[email protected]> > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/g-books > > Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/ > -- 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/
