Phil, >You wrote: >>The ATA/66 cards emulate a SCSI card, which means the 8 GB first >>partition limit for OS X on IDE drives in Old World Machines does not >apply.
In using a VST UltraTek/66 card with my 7600, I found that I could *not* install to a partition larger than 8GB. I'm not sure whether this was an issue with the card, or some other variable of the machine's architecture. Just a word of caution here. Rick >On 10/25/02 at 9:47 AM -0400, Larry Coltharp wrote: >>If you had a choice between these two ATA controller cards, which one >>would you use and why, please. >> >>Sonnet ATA/66 >>SIIG ATA 100/133 Pro >> >>Cost is not an issue. > >All the other comments have been right on. I would like to add why I >chose an ACARD ATA/66 (which I believe, but would not bet my life, is >identical to the Sonnet ATA/66) over a SIIG ATA/133, which was the >same price (I could find both for $50). > >The ATA/66 cards emulate a SCSI card, which means the 8 GB first >partition limit for OS X on IDE drives in Old World Machines does not >apply. I was able to install OS 10.2 on a 20 GB partition of an 80 GB >drive attached to my ACARD ATA/66 in my 8500. I had to put OS X on an >8 GB parition in my Beige G3 and it is way too small. >-- >_______________________ >Phil Lefebvre >Chicago, IL -- Rick Smykla http://rsmykla.home.pipeline.com/index.htm -- Unsupported OS X is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Unsupported OS X list info <http://lowendmac.com/lists/unsupported.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:UnsupportedOSX@;mail.maclaunch.com> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:UnsupportedOSX-off@;mail.maclaunch.com> For digest mode, email: <mailto:UnsupportedOSX-digest@;mail.maclaunch.com> Subscription questions: <mailto:listmom@;lemlists.com> Archive <http://www.mail-archive.com/unsupportedosx%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
