From: member25624_at_mac.com
Date: Wed Nov 09 2005 - 12:28:38 PST
I took a software approach to circumventing the 128GB internal drive
limit on my PowerMac G4 667MHz Digital Audio.
I use SpeedTools ATA Hi-Cap Support Driver for MacOS X to support my
200GB internal drive.
On Nov 9, 2005, at 3:08 PM, Laurent Daudelin wrote:
> On 09/11/05 13:28, "James Lee" <kingjames_at_shaw.ca> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I was surprised to note that you have a 160G hard drive running in
>> your
>> PM G4 DA because, as far as I know, pre-MDDs are unable to read
>> drives
>> beyond 128G, i.e. even if you install a 300G drive into a pre-MDD G4,
>> it will only recognize the hard drive as a 128G. There is some
>> talk of
>> Quicksilvers (2002) [but not 2001s] running Jaguar (not OS 9, 10.1,
>> 10.3 or 10.4) being capable of fully utilizing drives larger than
>> 128G.
>> The only way a pre-MDD G4 can fully utilize internal hard drives
>> bigger
>> than 128G is to have an ATA-133 PCI card installed. 'Externalizing'
>> hard drives, i.e. placing them in external enclosures with firewire
>> connection, will also allow hard drives exceeding 128G to be fully
>> recognized.
>>
>
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