On Jul 19, 2009, at 10:51 AM, Mac User #330250 wrote:
> I would like to know if the limit of the pre-Quicksilver 2002 Power > Macs is a > hard limit or whether it can be managed to access beyond this barrier. Officially, the pre-QS 2002 ROM DOES NOT SUPPORT LBA48. Practically, is has been possible to add the required LBA48 properties to the Open Firmware facility for quite a number of G4 Macs, and possibly also for ALL "New World" Macs, of which the very first was the B&W G3. Certainly, the "High Cap" kext works on all G3, ..., QS 2001 Macs. But, that kext works only after booting has been completed, and MacOS is fully operational. The LBA48 properties are always available, even during booting, as these are added to the ROM image. The "High Cap" kext is a useful tool, but it has had a number of revisions, and only the latest is usable on Leopard. The earlier versions DO NOT SUPPORT Leopard. The LBA48 properties are usable on ANY MacOS, even Leopard (but not on Snow Lepoard, as, obviously, Snow Leopard officially drops support for PPCs). You can choose to buy the latest version of "High Cap", but I would not do so. The LBA48 properties are free, and work on any supported MacOS X. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
