[G4] Formatting larger drives

[Brian Conner]

Whichever solution you go with, you want to make sure the bus is ATA6
compliant.

I assume you already have a FW enclosure, because the Ultra ATA133
controller cards are less than $90, which is less than almost all FW
enclosures, I think. Look for either SIIG or Acard.

For FW enclosures, I prefer Granite Digital.

FWIW.


Brian Conner

-----Original Message-----
From: Power Macintosh G4 List [mailto:G4 at lists.themacintoshguy.com] On
Behalf Of Melinda
Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2003 8:02 PM
To: Power Macintosh G4 List
Subject: [G4] Formatting larger drives


I have a 533 Single processor AGP tower.  I recently acquired a 160 gig
rive. 
Little did I know that I cannot see the full potential of this drive with
the bus speed that I have.  My question is: I had heard that I could put
this into a firewire case to get the full 160 gigs, minus formatting loss,
etc.  Is it true?  I'd be more than happy to wipe the drive to get more than
128 gigs from this, I really hate the 30 gig loss.  I don't have the $ to
get an IDE PCI controller card, so that option is out.  Any other
suggestions?  I am running 10.2.6.

Melinda