[G4] Seagate drive

[nagable at comcast.net]

You could put it in a Firewire case, reformat and partition it, then take it out of the case and put it back into the computer.  I "believe" Firewire will read any size drive you want to use.

Nate

-------------- Original message -------------- 
From: Mark Sexton <marksexton at mac.com> 

> I replaced a dying secondary drive in my G4 Gig Ethernet Dual 450 w/ 
> a Seagate 250 GB drive, hoping to install a fresh system of 10.4 on 
> one of possibly 3 partitions I was going to make. However, upon 
> reboot after the drive's installation, disk utility recognizes this 
> drive as only a 120 GB drive. I seem to remember some issue maybe 
> long ago w/ OS 9 recognizing larger drives, but not OS X. Could 
> someone shed some light as to how I get this mac to see the drive for 
> its true self in all its 250 GB glory. 
> 
> Currently the start up drive in the computer is using 10.4.9, and it 
> booted up great. Thanks for any help one can provide, and email me 
> directly if there is more info about my system that you need. 
> 
> Mark 
> 
> PS Is one amount of partitions preferable over another. I only 
> decided 3 because that is what the current start up drive has, using 
> one for OS and apps, the second for music and movies, and the final 
> for digital photos. Should I consider more partitions for optimal 
> performance? 
> 
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