Re: How many internal hard drives

2008-12-31 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Dec 30, 2008, at 3:18 PM, Mike Baker wrote: can be installed in a G$ Sawtooth? Do they have to be slaved together? It appears they do have to slaved together, since I only see one ATA slot on the motherboard. I do have an external Firewire hard drive attached to the G4 now, but I

Re: How many internal hard drives

2008-12-31 Thread insightinmind
On Dec 31, 2008, at 3:23 PM, Jack Countryman wrote: On 12/31/08 10:37 AM, Bruce Johnson john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu wrote: On Dec 30, 2008, at 3:18 PM, Mike Baker wrote: can be installed in a G$ Sawtooth? Do they have to be slaved together? It appears they do have to slaved together,

Re: How many internal hard drives

2008-12-31 Thread PeterH
On Dec 31, 2008, at 12:23 PM, Jack Countryman wrote: Not if he's willing to give up the cdrom/zip drive. There is a second port at the front of the board where those hook up. If he's willing to give up the cd and/or zip, he can attach another 2 drives (one master [replacing the

Re: How many internal hard drives

2008-12-31 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Dec 31, 2008, at 1:28 PM, insightinmind wrote: ... and Didn't I read somewhere that the 128GB limit didn't apply to the IDE channel that hooks the DVD/ZIP up? Correct, but it's also half the bus speed of the other ATA port... -- Bruce Johnson U of Az College of Pharmacy Information

Re: How many internal hard drives

2008-12-31 Thread Hunter Fuller
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Re: How many internal hard drives

2008-12-31 Thread Charles Davis
Subject: Re: How many internal hard drives To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com Date: Tuesday, December 30, 2008, 8:01 PM -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 2008/12/30 Charles Davis : Since when has an optical drive been required? IF the installation media is a CD or DVD

Re: How many internal hard drives

2008-12-31 Thread Hunter Fuller
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Re: How many internal hard drives

2008-12-31 Thread Jack Countryman
Or do the install with the cd online, then swap something in its place later. Out of the four drives possible that way how many need to have different boot systems on them? If the drive substituted for the cd is to be a data drive, it could be put online last and formatted etc. if needed then?

Re: How many internal hard drives

2008-12-31 Thread Charles Davis
On Jan 1, 2009, at 12:07 AM, Jack Countryman wrote: Or do the install with the cd online, then swap something in its place later. Out of the four drives possible that way how many need to have different boot systems on them? If the drive substituted for the cd is to be a data drive,

How many internal hard drives

2008-12-30 Thread Mike Baker
can be installed in a G$ Sawtooth? Do they have to be slaved together? It appears they do have to slaved together, since I only see one ATA slot on the motherboard. I do have an external Firewire hard drive attached to the G4 now, but I want to dedicate that to an iBook I have.

Re: How many internal hard drives

2008-12-30 Thread Bill Christensen
At 2:18 PM -0800 12/30/08, Mike Baker wrote: can be installed in a G$ Sawtooth? Do they have to be slaved together? It appears they do have to slaved together, since I only see one ATA slot on the motherboard. I do have an external Firewire hard drive attached to the G4 now, but I want to

Re: How many internal hard drives

2008-12-30 Thread Hunter Fuller
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 2008/12/30 PeterH : Using every possible combination, you can install six HDs: four IDEs and two SCSIs. But, you give up the optical do do that, and some versions of MacOS will not react politely if the expected, and required optical drive is

Re: How many internal hard drives

2008-12-30 Thread Charles Davis
On Dec 30, 2008, at 7:52 PM, Hunter Fuller wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 2008/12/30 PeterH : Using every possible combination, you can install six HDs: four IDEs and two SCSIs. But, you give up the optical do do that, and some versions of MacOS will not react

Re: How many internal hard drives

2008-12-30 Thread Hunter Fuller
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Re: How many internal hard drives

2008-12-30 Thread Mike Baker
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