On Jan 19, 2009, at 3:52 PM, Steve R wrote:
> Does the 120GB hard drive/partition restriction for G3 B&W also > include SATA drives on expansion cards? No. SATA drives have no restriction. The restriction is really an artificial one. Apparently, SATA always operates in LBA48 mode, whereas PATA operates in LBA24 mode on QS2001 and earlier, and in LBA48 mode on QS2002 and later, unless forced to operate in LBA48 mode. It is possibly to force LBA48 mode on PATA drive attached to certain G4 Macs. Possibly B&W G3 Macs, although I have not tried it. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
