Re: Hard Drive Size question
On Dec 1, 7:11 pm, Bruce Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Dec 1, 2008, at 5:02 PM, Dennis Myhand wrote: Native on the built-in ATA bus is 128 gb, but there is a high-capacity driver available that will get around this. If you stick in an ATA or SATA controller card there's no limit. One other option is a SCSI controller card with a fast drive. I have an ATTO card driving a 15,000 rpm SCSI hard drive with a 16 MB cache on one of my Sawtooths. The largest drives like this are 146 GB (mine is only 73 GB) so they don't give much more capacity than the ATA bus but the performance is awesome and they are far less expensive than Raptors. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, 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 g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: Hard Drive Size question
dc wrote: One other option is a SCSI controller card with a fast drive. I have an ATTO card driving a 15,000 rpm SCSI hard drive with a 16 MB cache on one of my Sawtooths. M...SCSI! --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, 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 g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: Hard Drive Size question
I have a gigabyte ethernet model with a 250GB hard drive. I had to use the Speed Tools ATA High-Cap Driver. Works great! On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 5:02 AM, Dennis Myhand [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: dc wrote: One other option is a SCSI controller card with a fast drive. I have an ATTO card driving a 15,000 rpm SCSI hard drive with a 16 MB cache on one of my Sawtooths. M...SCSI! --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, 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 g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Hard Drive Size question
What is the limit on hard drive size for a PPC Mac. I have a Sawtooth running 10.4.11. Thanks, Dennis in Victoria --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, 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 g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: Hard Drive Size question
On Dec 1, 2008, at 5:02 PM, Dennis Myhand wrote: What is the limit on hard drive size for a PPC Mac. I have a Sawtooth running 10.4.11. Thanks, Dennis in Victoria Native on the built-in ATA bus is 128 gb, but there is a high-capacity driver available that will get around this. If you stick in an ATA or SATA controller card there's no limit. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, 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 g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: Hard Drive Size question
On Dec 1, 2008, at 4:11 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: What is the limit on hard drive size for a PPC Mac. I have a Sawtooth running 10.4.11. Thanks, Dennis in Victoria Native on the built-in ATA bus is 128 gb, but there is a high-capacity driver available that will get around this. If you stick in an ATA or SATA controller card there's no limit. Native up to and including QS 2001 is 131,072 MB. Native for QS2002 and later is unlimited. With the High-Cap kext, this can be extended to unlimited for most early G4 models and late G3 models (known not to work with 10.5.x). With the LBA48 property work-around, this can be extended to unlimited for most early G4 models (works perfectly on my DA, and probably works perfectly on all AGP G4s). Native for ATA to 100 is also 131,072, but there are no workarounds. Native for all ATA/133 and the few ATA/100 cards for which there is a released update is unlimited. Native for SATA is unlimited. Native for early 1394 cases (with or without USB 2.0) is 131,072 MB. Native for later 1394 cases (with or without USB 2.0) is unlimited. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, 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 g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: Hard Drive Size question
PeterH wrote: On Dec 1, 2008, at 4:11 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: What is the limit on hard drive size for a PPC Mac. I have a Sawtooth running 10.4.11. Thanks, Dennis in Victoria Native on the built-in ATA bus is 128 gb, but there is a high-capacity driver available that will get around this. If you stick in an ATA or SATA controller card there's no limit. Native up to and including QS 2001 is 131,072 MB. Native for QS2002 and later is unlimited. It's not unlimited, it's 144 petabytes (144,000,000 Gb). And before someone says it might as well be unlimited, that's almost certainly what someone said about the 128 Gb limit... surprise, it's not. True, it's unlikely to be an issue, by the time someone is building drives that big most people won't know what PATA IDE is. With the High-Cap kext, this can be extended to unlimited for most early G4 models and late G3 models (known not to work with 10.5.x). With the LBA48 property work-around, this can be extended to unlimited for most early G4 models (works perfectly on my DA, and probably works perfectly on all AGP G4s). I would say it's very large, but it's definitely not UNLIMITED. Just remember those other UNLIMITED values. RAM 64Kb RAM 640Kb 1Mb 16Mb 4Gb HD 32Mb 4Gb 128Gb 200Tb Network speeds we'll never need to exceed. 10MBps 100MBPs 1000MBPs -- 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 subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, 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 g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
