On Jun 8, 2012, at 10:25 AM, Britt Dodd wrote: >>>> >>>> On Jun 8, 2012 12:53 PM, "John Carmonne" <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> I have a PowerComputing PowerBase 180 with a 300MHz Sonnet G3 Crescendo >>>> card. It has a 20GB IDE HDD in it and I want to know the largest HDD it >>>> will support without extra software? I want to put in a 40GB. >>>> >>>> >>> >>>> I put a 80gb drive into my 5400. Worked fine with the knowledge that hfs >>>> allocates blocks very poorly with large devices. If I did it again I'd go >>>> with hfs+ >>> >>> >>> I'll be setting up the drive on another computer to make it faster and then >>> install it into the PowerBase because it doesn't have F/W ports. So I >>> guess I can format it HFS+ with a G5 PM? > > Using the G5 I believe is okay as long as it runs OSX 10.5.x or below > and you format the drive using the Non Journaled, non case-sensitive > standard format. You'll probably have to install OS9 Drivers for the > drive, and depending on what OS your planning to run, it may or may > not work with the OS9 drivers. That being said, formatting if I > remember, doesn't take that long regardless of drive size, unless you > select the write zeros to drive checkbox, then it will take a eternity > to complete. I put a 80GB drive in my 1400c too which worked out well, > and formatted it under 8.6. I'd recommend using the actual OS and > machine your installing the drive into to save complications later if > the OSX formatting process/scheme doesnt end up working. >
Well my problem with it is I need to transfer the system folder and application folder from another machine and I have only a USB card with 2 ports to move the 2 folders and that will take a long time. Also I don't have any CD that will boot the PowerBase. John Carmonne Yorba Linda CA 92886 USA MacBook Pro i7 -- ----- You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs group. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/
