[X-Newbies] how to seamlessly use added hard drive

[Charles Howse]

On Sep 8, 2006, at 8:30 PM, Eugene wrote:

> On Fri, Sep 08, 2006 at 06:56:31PM CDT, Charles Howse  
> <chowse at charter.net> wrote:
> :
> : On Sep 8, 2006, at 5:53 PM, Chris Beamis wrote:
> :
> : >I just installed a new 370GB IDE drive as the slave.
> :
> : Can someone confirm that I can take an IDE drive from a PC and
> : install it in my PowerMac G5 (early 2005) running 10.4.7?
> :
> : I searched around on Apple.com and Googled, but didn't find anything
> : definitive.
>
> Even though the last PowerMac G5 models went with Serial ATA
> for the hard drives, you can still connect an IDE hard drive
> to the internal Ultra ATA/100 bus that is connected to the
> CD/DVD drive.
>
>
> -- 
> Eugene
> http://www.coxar.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/

Problem...
I looked inside my PowerMac, and the data cable for the DVD drive  
doesn't have another connector on it, nor is there a spare power  
connector like in PC power supplies, nor is there another connector  
on the MB for a second optical drive.
Am I SOL?

--
Thanks,
Charles
http://bubbabbq.homeunix.net