When you say that the other models will work OK, are you saying that they won't work as well?-Jonas
On 1/9/09, Kris Tilford <ktilfo...@cox.net> wrote: > > > On Jan 9, 2009, at 7:37 PM, jonas ulrich wrote: > > > I am looking for a way to get around the 128GB limit on my digital > > audio powermac without replacing the computer because I am cheap. > > All of the ata cards that i found either didn't support big drives > > or weren't bootable. Will it be reliable/possible to boot from an > > external firewire drive? > > > Yes. Some older Firewire enclosures (pre-2003) have the 128GB limit, > but all modern ones are not limited. The newest enclosures are made > for SATA HDs but are much more expensive than the older ones that use > PATA HDs unless you buy an OEM external combo unit. A few PATA > Firewire enclosures are not bootable, but they are rare and have > chipsets by Genesys Logic or Prolific. Newer ones are all bootable > AFAIK. Oxford chipsets are recognized as best for Macs, but the > chipsets used on OEM HD manufacturer's enclosure/HD units such as > Seagate, Maxtor, Western Digital all appear to work OK with Macs. > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
