Howdy, I have used the following device in a Linux system. I am still using a G4 Mac. I don't have a Mac that uses SATA, so I have not tried this in the machine you specify. But, I would be surprised if it does not work, and it is pretty inexpensive. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=140268699076 The only problem I can imagince is whether there is room for this adapter to stick out the back of the IDE drive. Like I said above, I don't have a G5, and don't know their internals. I have seen another model that fit differently and does not need as much clearance in the back. If you don't think this will work, I'll try to track the other one down. A quick look this morning did not turn it up. I have no tie to this seller, other than that I have bought from them before. Good luck, Ralph
On Mon, 2008-09-22 at 12:00 -0500, Eric Volker wrote: > Is there anyway to shoehorn an old fashioned PATA/EIDE drive into a > Powermac G5? ... but I was hoping I could > avoid that with some kind of internal adapter. Does anyone know of > such a thing that will fit inside of a G5 and work reliably? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml 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/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
