[G4] Adding a Western Digital 160HD

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The Quicksilver (M8667LL/A - 2002), at least, does NOT support Cable 
select and must be configured as Master and Slave (following the drive 
manufacturer's instructions).

see the following link:  
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=50018

Scroll down to the Quicksilver section (about the middle of the page).  
The manual I'm referring to is the English version in the Quicksilver 
section.
After you download the manual, see page 73.

Dan


On Monday, October 8, 2007, at 06:43  PM, Eric Wood wrote:

> Master/slave does apply to the Macintosh as well as Wintels, but then
> you can probably have both drives set on Cable Select and not worry
> about it. Wintels do have to take into consideration which drive will 
> be
> primary, as that affects how those machines boot. Not an issue with the
> Mac.
>
> So the bottom line is go ahead and format it in HFS+ journaled, install
> the OS 9 drivers if you want to boot OS 9 on the machine (doesn't 
> affect
> Classic within OS X) and enjoy that hundred-something gigabytes of
> space.
>>>

>>> I'm not sure how to format the new drive in OS10.4.
>>>  From everything I have tried to read on installing a second WD160HD
>>> as a slave to my Seagate Barricuda 80HD Master on a G4 QS, I think 
>>> I'm
>>> supposed to partition it (format it?). If I RAID it that will erase
>>> all my info on my old 80HD (that would be bad because I can't back up
>>> to my external HD or burn to DVD). I'm not sure about how many
>>> partitions to pick (is one OK?). I think I'm best using the Mac OS
>>> Extended (journaled) option in the Format: I see the option to 
>>> Install
>>> Mac OS9 Disk Drivers so I checked that. I'm just waiting for someone
>>> that knows more, to say that's wrong or to give me the green light
>>> before I melt everything down on accident.
>>> I have called Apple but they want $49.00 for every problem and I 
>>> don't
>>> have much extra cash for 100 problems.
>>> Thanks for the help so far,
>>> Joe
>>>
>>>
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