pre 8.0 (iirc?) didn't recognize over 2 gig partitions John Klos wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Does anyone know if you can use an older external SCSI HDD (like > > > 20sc), and put a much larger drive in it (in older 68k macs), and have > > > older Mac OS use it OK? > > Yes. Just be careful about using 10k or 15k RPM drives as they take a bit > of power - I'm not sure how much power can be had from a 20SC enclosure. > > > > Does anyone also know of 68k mac drive limitations? > > If you want to use it with MacOS, then yes, there are limitations. If you > want to use it with some form of unix, then you only need to worry about > the first partition being small enough (generally; while NetBSD supports > any size, I don't know about all of the idiosyncracies of Linux, for > instance). > > SCSI supports up to 2 TB disks. If you connect a 2 TB disk, MacOS might > have some issues, but assuming you got a small partition at the beginning > of the disk from which to boot MacOS, you can then boot NetBSD and use the > rest of the disk with no problems. > > John Klos > > -- > MaX-list is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... > > / Buy books, CDs, videos, and more from Amazon.com \ > / <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect-home/lowendmac> \ > > Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> > > MaX-list info: <http://lowendmac.com/linux/max.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/max-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > > Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
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