> >Any ideas as to what we can do? We need larger drives and SCSI or Firewire > >drives are too expensive. I'd really like to see the IDE drives work out. ----- Since I haven't followed this thread closely my comments may not have any relevance... I have a Sonnet Tempo ATA 66 card running a 60gb IBM drive that worked flawlessly from day-1 except for the drive failure and resulting warranty replacement, but that's another story. After the replacement, no problems. (Sonnet in slot 2.) Additional storage at a reasonable cost was my main criteria and driving other peripherals such as CD burners, etc. was not a factor. The reason for this post, however, is to encourage you to look into an external firewire (400) drive. Except for needing to tweak down the throughput speed a notch, it has been basically plug and play and a very good external storage alternative. I chose this option (a 60gb EZQuest) instead of a slave drive on the Sonnet so I would have an external storage that could serve other machines, especially when there isn't a network available. Although not bootable (in general) on our machines, prices have dropped steadily on the external firewire drives and enclosures. (The non-bootablility was never an issue for me when I was shopping around for external firewire drives.) Gotta go make waffles for the family. Alan -- SuperMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | Service & Replacement Parts [EMAIL PROTECTED] | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> SuperMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/supermacs/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/supermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
