All good info to know. > Was told recently I could not use the 2nd port for an internal SATA > DVD drive. Wondering if this is true?
I think the deal is ( with these cards anyway ) that you can hook up another hard drive or you can connect a DVD drive but you can't boot from it - just the first hard drive only. Kind of negates plugging in a SATA DVD drive if you can't boot from it I guess. With mine I'm going to retire my 80 Gb IDE drive that I boot from and probably just go SATA.I'll keep the Raptor ( 36Gb ) as my boot drive and get something like a 320 or 500Gb second hard drive for data storage only. Stewie > Date: Fri, 27 Nov 2009 20:40:59 -0800 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: SATA for G4MDD > > Bill Connelly wrote: > > On Nov 27, 2009, at 6:35 PM, Stewie de Young wrote: > > > >> I have had a Seritek 1S2 running in my dual DA ( 10.4.11 ) for over > >> a year now with a 10,000RPM WD Raptor running off it just fine. > >> The HD is bootable from this SATA card too - not all SATA cards can > >> have a Mac bootable drive running off them I believe. > >> If I wanted to I could plug another HD into this card as well. > >> > >> Stewie > >> > > > > Similar setup on my DA Dual 533, but under Leopard 10.5.8 (cloned). > > > > Off the Seritek 1S2 I have a Seagate 1TB SATA. I can also add another > > SATA. > > > > Was told recently I could not use the 2nd port for an internal SATA > > DVD drive. Wondering if this is true? > > > > Got the Seritek from www.macsales.com (Other World Computing) > > > > I didn't remember what card I have but it is the same, a SeriTek 1S2. > This is in my GE server running standard Tiger. It has a 750 Gb and a > 1Tb drives attached. There are also two IDE drives connected to the MB > IDE controller. > > Now I'm in the market for another card. I'm thinking I might go with a > 2 SATA, 2 E-SATA controller. I'd use this with the existing card > allowing me to expand to external drives later, when needed. I'd > replace the smaller drives with 1+ Tb drives. > > Currently one of the IDE drives has the OS installed on it but the next > drive will likely take over that task. > > The card has worked fine the year or two I've had it. > > -- > Clark Martin > Redwood City, CA, USA > Macintosh / Internet Consulting > > "I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway" > > -- > You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, 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] > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list _________________________________________________________________ Want to know what your boss is paid? Check out The Great Australian Pay Check now http://clk.atdmt.com/NMN/go/157639755/direct/01/ -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, 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] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
