Amanda OK. So if my large drive is only 120GB, I should be able to put it in the PowerMac where the zip drive is and keep my 20GB boot drive and 20GB other drive with no problems?
Simon --- http://www.simonroyal.co.uk - Mac news, reviews, guides, upgrades, hacks and more... - http://www.nmug.org.uk - webmaster for Norwich Mac User Group - The box said requires Windows XP or better, so I bought an Apple Mac. On Oct 10 2008, Amanda Ward wrote: On Oct 10, 2008, at 3:16 , Simon Royal wrote: > > Hi > > I have always had all-in-one Macs as my main machine so any drives > added > have always been external. Well now I have a PowerMac G4 'Sawtooth' > making > it easier to add hard drives and optical drives. > > I have a few queries. > > Firstly, I have a Pioneer 112D in a firewire case, could I add this > in as a > second optical drive. I currently have a zip drive underneath my main > optical drive, but could I add a second? Electrically, it would work, but the zip drive bay is way smaller and I don't think there is an option for a door on the front for a second optical drive. You could always leave the front panel for the zip and optical drive off the case, but that looks kind of rookie. ;-> A mounting bracket would be the big problem... doable, of course, but prolly a little "messy". > Secondly, I have a 120GB hard drive in a firewire case. Would there > be any > advantage of putting it internally. I currently have a 20GB 7200RPM > boot > drive and a 20GB slave drive, could I add a third hard drive into it? I have a large data drive in the zip drive bay, running off the optical drive bus on my DA and it works fine for my purposes. The bus is slower (IIRC) and that might be an issue, depending on your needs, but it works. > Does this Mac suffer from the 128GB HD limit and is that per drive or > collective drives? Yes... and that is per drive. There are some ways around this, but in my early morning, pre-caffeine fog I can't put my finger on them. :-) Amanda --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
