--- Mark Benson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: <clip> > My recommendations as far as storage go are to find > an OS X compatible ATA PCI card that supports > booting OS X and buy a new Seagate or Maxtor hard > disk - be aware however that ATA/66 and ATA/100 only > support up to 120GB. ATA/133 supports larger drives.
I have a 233gig on an ATA100 controller. 'Course it's on an ABIT KG7RAID motherboard running Win 2K Pro... ;) The BIOS/ROM on the controller, and the operating system, are what affects the size of drive that is supported. ATA133 drives will operate even on a controller capable of only PIO modes, but the BIOS/ROM and operating system has to support the size of drive. It will be total Fandemonium! August (Fri) 5th, (Sat) 6th & (Sun) 7th, 2005 http://www.fandemonium.org ____________________________________________________ Yahoo! Sports Rekindle the Rivalries. Sign up for Fantasy Football http://football.fantasysports.yahoo.com -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Vintage Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.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/vintage.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
