> It actually depends on the IDE card used. Some of them will support > a booting OS X partition above 8 GB and some wont. The determining > factor is how OS X sees the card. If it sees it as an IDE PCI card, > then you will be limited to the first 8GB if it sees it as a SCSI > card then you will be able to use the entire disk as an OS X boot > partition. >
If memroy serves correctly, I think the above statement is correct; I've read that if the computer sees the card/drives as ATA controller & drives, then you (may or probably will) have the 8G limit problem. However, if it makes the ATA drives appear to the Mac to be SCSI drives, then the 8G partition problem doesn't exist (e.g., the 8G issue applies ONLY to ATA drives, not to SCSI drives. This much I recall.) --Alex -- Unsupported OS X is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Unsupported OS X list info <http://lowendmac.com/lists/unsupported.html> --> 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/unsupportedosx%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
