[G4] posting, please?

[Alex]

On Tuesday, May 4, 2004, at 01:11 Canada/Eastern, Jim Pacyga wrote:

> On 3 May 2004, at 07:36, Alex wrote:
>
>> [...] If the Mac's controller doesn't support 48-bit LBA, the largest 
>> hard disk capacity which can be used is 120GiB (or 137GB). Larger 
>> hard disks can be installed, but the Mac will not "see" more than 
>> that. The solution is to get a new controller, either by installing a 
>> new ATA card (SATA preferably), or by using an external enclosure 
>> which is 48-bit capable. Which alternative is best depends on 
>> specific needs.
>
> [...]  If you go under the Hardware->ATA section on the left hand nav 
> bar, you will get the ATA device tree.
>
> Each ATA tree should have the ATA type as the root.
>
> E.g., on my G4/500 I have an ATA-4 and an ATA-3 tree.  On my iBook, 
> just ATA-4.
>
> If you have ATA-6 that would support > 137Gb.  For newer G5's you 
> should have ATA-7.[...]

Jim, I'm not quite sure I see the connection between your post and mine 
-- unless it is that in Panther one can use System Profiler to 
determine whether the ATA controller supports 48-bit LBA.

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