[G4] 2nd Hard Drive needed

[Scott]

OS 9.0 will not recognize the large hard drives. You need to update to 
9.1 (recognizes larger hard drives).
I think I recall having to do a firmware update before updating to 9.1. 
I may be wrong. Then you can install
and go.

HTH,
Scott

S Austen wrote:

> I have a G4, 450, with it's original WD 20 GB hard drive installed.  
> Do I need to update firmware, or install another component to take 
> advantage of the 200 to 300+ GB hard drives that are currently 
> available?  Or can I install and go?
>
> thanks,
>
> Steve
> austens at fuse.net
>
>
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