[G4] two 500 gb drives

[Al Poulin]

On May 6, 2008, at 10:13 AM, <thekirkline1941 at verizon.net> wrote:
> A while ago, I purchased two Seagate 500gb Barracuda internal hard  
> drives for my G4 Quicksilver (800 mhz). I had hoped to install both  
> and use them as automatic backups to the original 40 gb drive. I  
> also purchased the required PCI card in order that they would be  
> recognized to their full capacity. The problem I have run into is  
> that there is only one extra power supply cord P5 available.  
> Question: how do I connect both drives in order to use them as

I would put one of them into an external Firewire box.  Make it  
bootable.  Keep it off line except when backing up, and maybe place in  
some other location for extra safety.

A bad power hit, or lightning strike, or house fire could ruin any  
internal drive.  And why have it spinning whenever the G4 is running?   
By the way, I ran an extra, internal Seagate Barracuda 40GB in my  
QuickSilver 733.  Just a compromise on cost, but not the best thing to  
do.  The Seagate ended up being my main drive, and the original IBM  
drive was the backup only because I did not like to hear the IBM heads  
clattering.

Al Poulin