toothgrisle wrote: > 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..
I have the SeriTek/1S2 in my GigaBit Ethernet G4. According to their specs it supports: Mac OS 8.xx to Mac OS 9.xx Mac OS X version 10.2 or later I am using it with Tiger, I never ran Panther on that machine. It's feature list says it supports booting. I'm not doing that myself. I'm using it with a 1 Tb and 750 Gb drive. It was simple to install and use and I've never had any trouble with it. My only problem with it is I'm looking to add more drives so I need more ports. <http://www.firmtek.com/seritek/seritek-1s2/> -- 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
