----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: OT: Configuring a second internal hard drive (mac g4)?
> I've run out of hard drive space on all but my startup drive, so it's time to > add more. I have > four firewire drives on my desk already, and I still have an empty second > drive bay in my dual > 1.25 G4 Mac. So I bought a 750 gig IDE ATA-6 Seagate Barracuda, and I'm > going to install it > internally in the top half of the lower drive bay. ($138 at 4allmemory.com). > Do I have to do > anything to configure the new drive so the Mac knows it's not the startup > drive? I saw some > mention of "jumpers" in an on line article, but it wasn't clear. I'm hoping > someone here can > tell me if I need to do any more than screw it into the bay and connect it to > the second > ribbon plug. With a PC, all you need to do is install the drive, restart the machine, go to the disk management section of the computer management, and initialize the drive. The computer assigns a drive letter, does a format and your good to go. You should be able to leave the jumper on cable select, since it isn't going onto the same plug as the C drive Windows machines need to format new drives before they can be used I would expect that it would be similar on a MAC, though it might be easier as well. William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
