where will I find the auto-purge at? I was thinking about putting os x on the 8600 (w/ xlr8 G4 350 zif carrier card, 512 mb ram)
but if I can hold off til I get a bigger HD that would be great. what kind of scsi HD can I use for this machine. I was told it took a 50 pin connect, but I see a lot of 80 pin scsi drives that are bigger and cheaper. now I know I can get a card that makes a 80 into a 50. but what kind of 80 pin should I get for this 8600? they through lots of terms like sca, ultra wide, and scsi 2, but I'm not to knowlegable of these terms. OR. do you think it would be better to get an ATA card and go IDE? since they are cheap and every where? I found a 50 gig ultra wide for $60 a factory referb. but I can get new 80 gig for around $100 at compusa. which would be better for music they were both 7200 rpm but I'm under the impression tha scsi is faster and etter for music apps? scotto > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > now before the the crash I had about 2 gigs free on the > > HD but after the crash I had 3 MB so I deleted some more > > stuff and had it up to about 1.5 gigs and turned it off > > and rebooted and my HD was down to 100 mb????? > > Scotto, are you perhaps using Mac OS 9.0 till 9.0.4? Then it could be that > your (invisible) Temporary Items folder is eating up your disk space, > because those OSses have a bug and don't put the contents of that folder in > the trash after a crash. There's a little utility that puts the contents of > that folder into the trash, it's called AutoPurge. > We at work had that problem when we used those OSses, the contents of that > folder were some times a few gigs after I figured it out what was going on, > usually Photoshop scratch files. FYI: Mac OS 9.1 has fixed that bug. If > you're not planning on updating your OS, put an alias of AutoPurge in the > Startup Items folder. > > Marc -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.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/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
