I'm looking for an PCI SATA controller card.
Most of the options that I've come across do not support OS 10.3,
and even the "factory page" varies on more than a few of them relative
to this. Perhaps I need to know what works, instead of what is
"supported"?
I have three Mac G4s, two Quicksilver @ 867MHz, and a Firewire 800/
Mirrored Door Drive @ 1 GHz, that I would like to expand the storage
on with SATA drives (also to get around the HD size limits on the
Quicksilver of 128 GB). Most specs PCI and PCI-X. I'm pretty sure
neither of these models have PSI-X slots, but most of the PCI-X
controller cards seem to be backward compatible to PCI.
I am running OS X 10.3.9 in one Quicksilver and OS X 10.4.11 in
the other, and will be running OS X 10.3.9 in the Mirrored Door
Drive. Some also state that they do not support booting. Does that
mean that I will still have to keep at least one PATA drive in to boot
the OS from? And, lastly, Will I have to be careful about what kind
of SATA drives I get to install, since I don't quite understand the
SATA or SATA II complexity.
So what's a cheap solution for installing SATA drives in an QS
(pre-2002)? A PCI SATA
controller card? Which one works good.. personal experience please..
Many thanks,
Robert C
P. O. Box 265
Mount Crawford, VA
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