Hi, I finally installed a new scsi hard drive into my pm9500 (OS9.1, 592MB ram, Sonnet G3/500 processor upgrade), it is an 18GB IBM drive with 50 pin adaptor from afterthemac. I couldn't get the drive installed on a sled -- I think there was a defect in the sled I bought -- so I just put it in carefully without the sled and don't move the computer around. The drive works (shows up on the desktop, transferred files and applications open and work fine), but I'm wondering about some things: 1. I notice that when I move something over, it appears to take up over twice the space in GB that it did on my old hard drive. In Get Info, the number of bytes is the same, but the GB is more than double. Thus, I moved over ~500 MB of stuff from my old hard drive, and it appears to be using over 1 GB of space on the new drive. This isn't really a problem in terms of me not having enough space (I really only needed 1-2 more GB to do what I want with the computer), but it seems weird. Is this typical? Did I really only get a 9 GB drive?
2. On my old hard drive, after I removed over 500 MB of stuff, I should have over 600 MB of free space (I had been using ~900 MB of the 1 GB hard drive). I emptied the trash (which took about 18 hours), but in Get Info, it still shows only 92MB of free space. I ran Norton Utilities from the CD, and when booted that way, it showed the correct amount of free space (over 600 MB). I also optimized and checked for errors -- nothing major. But when I rebooted using my original hard drive, it was still saying the wrong amount of free space (92 MB). Does this matter? 3. Am I going to have problems from not putting the drive on a sled? Any thoughts are appreciated. Jolien -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.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/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
