FWIW, I have been using giant SATA drives for the last 5-6 years
with my 2002 G4 Mystic, which is an earlier machine than the DA. I
currently have a Seritek 1s2 pci SATA card (2 internal ports) with a
2tb Seagate and a 3tb Western digital mounted above the optical drive
slot. I have also used
Can the G4 address that much space?
Remember, the SCSI drives only have one parameter block for specifying the
LBA (but there are several parameter block formats).
Small/large IDE drives are accessed in this way:
1) Small drives have one parameter block, whereas
2) large drives use the same
I have 120 and a 300 in it right now. The 120 is the boot drive. I have a
lot of video files that are filling up the 120. Will a 500GB pata work?
Mark Murphy
On Saturday, May 30, 2015 at 10:34:16 PM UTC-4, smac0031 wrote:
I got a 2TB sata HD and Pata Sata converter for it to use in my DA G4
Disconnect it and fix your problem. Then get a smaller drive.
Why encumber your trusty work horse with problems?
Balance is very valuable in a system.
Adrian D'Alessio aka; Fluxstringer
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