[G4] Hard Drive Size

[Eric Smith]

Oops, that should be 128GB not MB.
(Sometimes I still haven't adjusted to modern capacities.)

Eric S.

Eric Smith wrote:
> And, by the way, I've seen people in the past blame Apple for
> the 128MB drive size limitation, as if it were some hack Apple
> introduced. But that actually was a 28-bit logical block address
> size limitation inherent in the original ATA spec that wasn't
> removed until ATA-6, which went to 48-bit LBA, in 2001.
> 
> Eric S.
> 
> J.M.P.Hissel wrote:
>> On 12-02-2010 03:22, Don, bgnss at sbcglobal.net, wrote:
>>
>>> The G3 apparently only allows up to 80 GB maximum size.
>>>
>>> Then I'd like to transfer the new HD over to either
>>> my G4 tower or a B&W G3 on a one way 'bon voyage' trip.
>>>
>>> The G4 tower apparently WILL read a 128 GB drive.
>>> The B&W G3, I don't know for sure.
>>
>> All the beige and B&W G3's can use a 128 MB HD.
>>
>> Jo Hissel
>>
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