At 0:35 -0400 7/20/02, John Belen wrote: >Date: Sat, 20 Jul 2002 00:04:24 -0400 >Subject: Multiple Hard-drives in an iMac >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >I would like to put a bigger drive in my iMac. i Have a 40gig ready to go. > Has anyone hooked a long ribbon cable up, plugged the second drive into >an external power supply and had two drives running on an iMac? It sure >would be easier t transfer files that way. Will the firmware allow it? > >Thanks >John Belen
I have a Rev. B iMac with just this arrangement. I have replaced the original ATA cable for the hard drive with a long master/slave cable. The master is my internal 40 GB (replacement) drive and I have run the long end out the back of my iMac to the external hard drive and use an external power supply to supply it. Being ata, one must always have the slave powered up and connected at boot and this way I can choose which hard drive I wish to use or none at all for each given session. This also saves on the cost of an external Firewire or USB case. Rex -- Rex Slate Kreisauer Ring 52 24145 Kiel - Germany Telefon: (49) 431 / 7 15 28 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sending church: Grace Baptist Church of Clay, NY Telephone 315-451-5286 -- The iMac List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 580 Printers - new at $69 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> iMac List info: <http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
