Re: WD My Book 2TB won't play nice
= Topic: WD My Book 2TB won't play nice Url: http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list/t/1af825f8ff461c56 = -- 1 of 2 -- From: Valter Prahlad valter.prah...@fastwebnet.it Date: Jul 02 08:32PM +0200 Url: http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list/msg/1fb5acb5da2f0bf0 Il giorno 02/07/15 03.30, smac0031 ha scritto: It won't work with my TiVo so I moved to plan B which was to use it with my DA G4. First, your DA G4 doesn't support volumes bigger than 128 GB. That means that you could use a bigger drive, but you have to subdivide it into partitions 128 GB or smaller (Disk Utility should be able to do that). That limit is valid for internal drives; I do not know about external ones (but I think it applies there as well). SNIP -- 2 of 2 -- From: peterh...@cruzio.com Date: Jul 02 12:03PM -0700 Url: http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list/msg/a1a9dd2989cb2220 First, your DA G4 doesn't support volumes bigger than 128 GB. My shop had four G4 DAs, and all supported 128 GB (actual capacity is 131,072). SNIP No 'hacks' are needed for USB or FireWire drives, the limit is purely on the internal IDE controller, With an external drive your only limitations are what is imposed by the chipset in the enclosure, with modern enclosures there is no problem using 6TB drives on your DA, the same applies if you use a PCI SATA card internally, you are only limited by the cards chipset / firmware. so to reiterate, the only time you are limited to 128GB is when you are connecting to the INTERNAL (on-board) IDE cable. Ben. -- -- 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 g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups G-Group group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to g3-5-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: WD My Book 2TB won't play nice
You may need to subdivide the drive into smaller volumes depending on what the capabilities are of the G4 firmware and the version of Mac OS you are running. When formatting it's important to check the bootable box. I'd look all the details up but you can do that yourself. On 07/01/2015 09:30 PM, smac0031 wrote: I tried to expand my TiVo. I got a 2TB WD My Book drive which turned out to be USB 3.0. It won't work with my TiVo Premire. As the TiVo wants an eSata drive. I have had the model number for this eSata drive for quite some time, but when I went to buy it Amazon notified me there was a newer model a 2TB drive for the same price. So I bought it. It won't work with my TiVo so I moved to plan B which was to use it with my DA G4. In futzing around with it I found it had the windows something or other file system on it. So I reformatted it, but it won't make nice with the G4 either as it messes up the sleep mode and it won't wake up and failing waking up it won't find a boot drive on reboot. For the longest time my computer won't shut down or reboot from the Apple menu and I've pretty much given up trying that so if I want to reboot or shut down I use the buttons on the front of the computer. I'm pretty much thinking I will have to let this My Book drive sit until I get an Intel Mac, however, I noticed when I formatted this thing there were 4 different options to format this drive for a Mac using Disk Utility. Does this make a difference or is it as I suspect the ongoing boot issue with the USB port? Mark Murphy -- -- 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 g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups G-Group group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to g3-5-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com mailto:g3-5-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- -- 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 g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups G-Group group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to g3-5-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: WD My Book 2TB won't play nice
First, your DA G4 doesn't support volumes bigger than 128 GB. My shop had four G4 DAs, and all supported 128 GB (actual capacity is 131,072). You may use HD Speedtools, but that is an extension, and is only available after booting has been successfully completed. You may use the Open Firmware hack, and that is available at all times as it is persistently added to the boot ROM. Lookup the O.F. hack in the usual places, and you will probably find several versions of it, at least one of which will get the job done. I say persistent, as the code required to support 128 GB [ * ] is actually added to the writable portion of the boot ROM. It is deleted whenever you do an O.F. reset (and which erases any such additions to O.F.). With the MDD machines, the 128 GB code was permanently in the boot ROM, and cannot be deleted. [ * ] Drives which are = 128 GB send a single parameter block to the drive. Drives which are 128 GB send two parameter blocks, the first of which has the low-order block IDs, and the second of which has the high-order block IDs. The O.F. hack enables sending the second parameter block for those cases where two parameter blocks are expected. The ROM is actually capable of sending the second parameter block, but it is inhibited from doing so on DAs and earlier models. Without the O.F. hack, only one parameter block is sent, irrespective of the capacity of the drive, and which can lead to some rather strange results as the block ID which the drive sees is really the MOD 131072 function applied to the actual block ID. -- -- 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 g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups G-Group group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to g3-5-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: WD My Book 2TB won't play nice
Mark.. watch the colour.Black™ having the best warranty.Red known for Nas™. Blue light weight short life often come canned in a case! On Wed, Jul 1, 2015 at 6:30 PM, smac0031 m.smurph...@gmail.com wrote: I tried to expand my TiVo. I got a 2TB WD My Book drive which turned out to be USB 3.0. It won't work with my TiVo Premire. As the TiVo wants an eSata drive. I have had the model number for this eSata drive for quite some time, but when I went to buy it Amazon notified me there was a newer model a 2TB drive for the same price. So I bought it. It won't work with my TiVo so I moved to plan B which was to use it with my DA G4. In futzing around with it I found it had the windows something or other file system on it. So I reformatted it, but it won't make nice with the G4 either as it messes up the sleep mode and it won't wake up and failing waking up it won't find a boot drive on reboot. For the longest time my computer won't shut down or reboot from the Apple menu and I've pretty much given up trying that so if I want to reboot or shut down I use the buttons on the front of the computer. I'm pretty much thinking I will have to let this My Book drive sit until I get an Intel Mac, however, I noticed when I formatted this thing there were 4 different options to format this drive for a Mac using Disk Utility. Does this make a difference or is it as I suspect the ongoing boot issue with the USB port? Mark Murphy -- -- 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 g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups G-Group group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to g3-5-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- -- 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 g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups G-Group group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to g3-5-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
