[G4] posting, please?

[Jim Pacyga]

Ditto - you'll know what you have if you use the System Profiler to 
figure it out.  It will tell you what your system supports and what you 
will need to do to get around it (e.g., PCI cards or limited drive 
sizes).

On 4 May 2004, at 12:30, sr ferenczy wrote:

> yes, in panther the ATA device trees within the System Profile, under 
> "ATA" are listed as "ATA-5" "ATA-6" "SATA" etc
>
> sandor
>
>
> On May 4, 2004, at 11:53 AM, Alex wrote:
>
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> f
>
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