[G4] Adding a 2nd Drive

James Asherman jimash at optonline.net
Sat Oct 4 14:47:30 PDT 2003



rich northouse wrote:

> Hi Guys/Gals,
>
> I need some help.  I bought an Ultra ATA 160gig Maxtor drive (7200 
> rpm) and thought of using it in my G4  (733 mhz, 1.2 meg, 40 gig ). I 
> have a 9.2 and a 10.2.6 partition.
>
> I thought of using the 160 as a slave but since it would then 
> apparently run at 66 mhz, am I better off making it the master?

I think the 66 is only if you jam it in the front.
You want to put it right on top of your main drive, on thee bottom.

>
>
> Another question:  Do I set the jumpers for cable?  or master/slave?

Not cable. Slave.
Jim

>
>
> Thanks for your advice.
>
>
> rich
>
>
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