> >On Nov 8, 2005, at 1:23 AM, Jeff Walther wrote: > >>> Date: Mon, 07 Nov 2005 21:52:23 -0400 >>> From: "Tyler W. Wilson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> Subject: [G] Moving hard drive from ATA controller to built-in >>> controller >>> >>> System: Beige G3 with SIIG Ultra 133 ATA PCI Card. OS 9.2.2 >>> >>> I had a hard drive bootable from the built-in ATA controller. I >>> installed a new drive on the SIIG card, intiialized it, then copied >>> the >>> system from the built-in drive to the new add-in drive. I removed the >>> built-in drive. Then I booted from the add-in drive and it worked >>> great >>> - quite a bit faster too. >>> >>> Then I took a shot at updating the SIIG firmware, but it failed. So I >>> tried hooking the SIIG drive to the built-in controller, but it was >>> not >>> recognized. Is this expected? Is there a way around it? >> >> Yes. The formatting scheme for the built-in IDE controller is >> different from the scheme for the IDE controller card. You must >> re-initialize the drive to move it from one interface to the other. Of >> course, re-initializing destroys all data on the drive. >> >> Jeff Walther > >Not true. The definition directly from PC Magazine: > >(2) (Integrated Drive Electronics) A type of hardware interface widely >used to connect hard disks, optical disks and tape drives to a PC. IDE >was always the more economical interface, compared to SCSI. Introduced >in the mid 1980s with 20MB of storage, capacities increased a >thousandfold in less than two decades. > >With IDE, the controller electronics are built into the drive itself, >requiring a simple circuit in the PC for connection. IDE drives were >attached to earlier PCs using an IDE host adapter card. Subsequently, >two Enhanced IDE (EIDE) sockets were built onto the motherboard, with >each socket connecting two drives via a 40-pin ribbon cable for CD-ROMs >and similar devices and an 80-wire cable for fast hard disks. > >Admittedly this is from a PC rag, but they were the first to use widely >use IDE drives. I've moved IDE drives from several different machines >over the course of my computing history with nary a problem. The >interface card is just that, an interface from the motherboard to the >drive, but the controller itself resides on the drive. Perhaps the >on-board controller is bad? HTH > >Just a message from Doug... >
You haven't mentioned the drive's size... if it is bigger than 128GB, your on-board controller cannot handle it. Also, FWIW, I too have moved drives around from Mac to Mac, PC to Mac and so on, and keeping in mind the size retriction I just mentioned, never had a problem. My $.02 Daevad -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[email protected]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
