[P1] (OT) ATA PCI card installation

[Jim Shimozawa]

On Mar 7, 2004, at 12:14 PM, listz wrote:
>
> Jim, it's correct that ASP shows the card as SCSI. All PCI ATA cards do
> this. The card is somehow emulated as SCSI to work so that's OK.
Good to hear.

> You did break the 137GB barrier indeed, and yes the theoratical 
> transfer
> rate is 133MB/s since Maxtor HDs are ATA133. In real life the rate is 
> of
> course a bit slower.
That's ok. I understand. Now I can look for bigger HDs for my G4 when I 
need
more space.

> Didn't you have to format the drives, because usually they don't show 
> up at
> ones after disconnecting from the mobo and connecting to the PCI ATA 
> card.
I think you're right. My user manual says to partition the drives 
connected to the card.
I have to add this to my to-do list.
>

> HTH,
> Marc
>
Thanks Marc.
Jim