frozen HD

Post by **hubird** » Thu Jan 29, 2004 8:01 am

Thanks Astro, I found the Samsung you mention on http://www.alternate.nl for 109,- €.
I think I will order this one, and see in the future if I can get access to the last 40 gig

Thanks everyone!

samplaire · Post by **samplaire** » Fri Jan 30, 2004 9:26 am

On 2004-01-29 07:18, astroman wrote:
Hubird, I'm not shure if the limit (132 GB)is in the MacOS itself - it's probably a controller issue due to adressing lines.
Macs with 'mirrowing' front panels are said not to be affected by this.

Hmm, it's possible. I did tests with QuickSilver (800) and Sawtooth G4s (my 400). I knew about the controller possibilities that's why I said in OS9 only. I know Hubird has got a QuickSilver machine.
The test results are:

You can't format a >120GB disk on a Sawtooth G4 (neither OS9 nor OSX) - the machine sees it as 120GB.

On the G4/800 QuickSilver: it is possible to format 200GB but only in OSX and it can be used only in OSX. OS9 sees it as 200GB but after a short time of tests the disk lost partitions when used in OS9.

I've read somewhere that if you buy a separate PCI to IDE controller you can use larger disks then but assuming Hubird is collecting money for a G5 then this tip isn't for him. Besides, this would affect the PCI performance and as a result our Pulsars...

Post by **hubird** » Fri Jan 30, 2004 12:20 pm

thanks Samplaire, so I will have to reformat the disk if I put it in a G5 later on...
Good to know anyway

I'm glad the disk has a 8 MB cache, ready for the next future

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astroman · Post by **astroman** » Fri Jan 30, 2004 8:29 pm

tnx for the completion and tests Samplaire

Probably the mags don't check much under OS9 anymore...
The PCI to ATA cards fake a SCSI drive for the native OS driver, possibly therefore it is more stable, but I never tried it with such a large disk.

cheers, Tom