skinnie wrote:
Where can I find info about the hack?I've searched already but didn't
found it...
I am trying to make this machine really "lowend" on money,because:
1)I'll only use it on weekends
2)I am student and don't have much money.
Here is the message. I could not find Overdrive so I did the firmware hack.
On Feb 22, 2010, at 5:20 PM, Dale Hoffman wrote:
>> I just acquired a 320 GB HD for my Sawtooth FrankenMac. I know
>> there is a 128 GB limit on drive size. What do I need to do to use
>> the whole drive?
Use an enabler for LBA48 support or do the firmware patch.
One method is to use Intech's solution, which costs $. With Intech if
you're using OS 9 you must format the HD with Speedtools 3.5 for OS9.
In OS X you need the Intech Hi-Cap extension, and then for safety
you'd want to add a partition break at the exact 128GB mark (131,072MB
exactly).
Another solution is the freeware Overdrive
<http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/209276
>
A third is to manually tweak the firmware
<http://4thcode.blogspot.com/2007/12/using-128-gib-or-larger-ata-hard-...
>
>> Is there a free disk utility which will let me use the whole drive?
Yes, Overdrive mentioned with link above.
Stewie
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