On Oct 11, 2008, at 2:56 PM, Diane wrote:
> I just purchased 2 500gb drives for my G4 FW800 (one is a bootable > backup). It came with a 120gb. I've been at the 10gb free mark for > quite > some time, which is way too low for comfort. This is the quickest and easiest solution, for later model fast machines. I have 500 GB drives in my dual 1.0 GHz QS 2002, the very last PPC machine in daily use in my facility. My Intels (P35/ICH9 Hackintoshes) each have two 1 TB drives, one is primary and the other is backup. I have and use three eSATA drive cases, which can be used by either the PPC Macs or the Intel Hacks. I also have and use FW cases, which generally have 500 GB drives, and also can be used across all platforms. Using "safe formatting" guidelines published by Intech (the "High Cap" kext folks) my PPC Macs have 160 GB boot drives (the smallest drives then available from Fry's Electronics) partitioned as four HFS + partitions (10.3.9, 10.3.9 Server, 10.4.11 and 10.5.5) wholly within the first 131,072 MB (128 GB) and a 25 GB extra partition (which I have found to be quite useful for TOAST intermediate storage). The alternate drive, plugged as slave and housed in the Zip compartment, "shadows" the boot drive. My Intel Hacks use a single partition approach, both for the primary drive and the alternate drive. 1 TB in the P35/ICH9 Hacks and 0.5 TB in the G31/ICH7 Shuttles. To each his own. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
