[MacDV] Hard Drive Preference

[Nick Scalise]

According to the page:

> The BootROM of Power Mac G4 (Mirrored Drive Doors), Xserve, Power  
> Mac G5, and any other model introduced after June 2002 can  
> accommodate these larger drives.

So I would say that you would not be able to install the drive inside  
of your Sawtooth and have the OS be able to see the whole 300 GB.

However, there are two solutions to this issue:

1) Put the drive in a compatible firewire case (some cases also do  
not support more than 128GB)

2) Put in an additional ATA PCI card in your machine that will  
support the larger drive.

On May 28, 2005, at 10:40 AM, KS wrote:

> Thanks for the info.  Unfortunately, I'm feeling technically  
> challenged when I read the information posted at the Apple web  
> address you sent.  On the one hand it seems that using the latest  
> version of OS 10 (even Panther) is what you need.  Then there's the  
> reference to bootROM that I frankly don't understand.
>
> On May 28, 2005, at 11:31 AM, Nick Scalise wrote:
>
>> It's not the CPU having issues, but rather if your machine has 48- 
>> bit LBA support. Your Sawtooth may have issues with drives over  
>> 128GB, but not if put in a proper firewire case.
>>
>> <http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=86178>
>>
>> On May 28, 2005, at 6:31 AM, KS wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks for the helpful replies about Seagate.  I need to correct  
>>> a typing mistake I made.  It's a 300GB drive (not 300MB).  Also,  
>>> I've read that a drive might be too big for your CPU to handle.   
>>> I have a Sawtooth G4 upgraded to dual 500 with 1.2G memory.  Will  
>>> I be able to get the maximum "speed" & performance using a drive  
>>> this large?  I'll be using it to edit video with iMovie.