[CUBE] Anyone try a larger drive than 120 GB in a cube?

Nicolai Sidenius nicolai.sidenius at tin.it
Sun Jun 8 15:47:05 PDT 2003


A friend of mine told me that the limit (~120 GB) can be simply 
overcome by making two or more partitions. Is this true?
/nic
On Sunday, Jun 8, 2003, at 20:35 Europe/Rome, Kunga wrote:

> The bus on the Cube is ATA/66 and therefore will not allow you to see 
> above 128MB NET. So anything larger than the 120 GB (net 112-115 GB) 
> will not be a practical alternative. I have successfully initialized a 
> 200 GB drive in a MDD and then put it in an Oxford 911 ADS case and 
> seen it all. I wonder if I could get the same result if I put it 
> inside my Cube? Not likely. But maybe I'll test that and get back to 
> you later.
>
> Kunga
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> On Sunday, June 8, 2003, at 10:49  AM, Rob Frohne wrote:
>
>> Do any of you know any more about this issue?  I would particularly 
>> like to know if anyone has tried a larger drive with 10.2.  Apple's 
>> developer tech note doesn't state which machines have support in the 
>> ROM for greater than 128 GB drives.
>
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