Add second hard disk to G3
Peter Ceresole
"Graham" <nos...@demon.co.uk> wrote:
>Subject: Add second hard disk to G3
>From: "Graham"
>Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2002 20:10:11 +0100
>Newsgroups: demon.tech.mac
>
>Sorry, but I know very little about Macs. I have a question about
>upgrading - can anybody help, please?
>
>This is for a PowerMac G3, currently running OS8 B1-8.1, with a 10 GB hard
>disk which is full. The user wants to add a second disk. Can I add a
>modern IDE drive?
>
>Physically, is there space?
>
>Is there something in a Mac that is equivalent to the BIOS that one finds on
>a PC which I might have to configure in order to make it recognise a second
>drive? If so, how do I access it?
>
>Is there a limit on disk capacity?
>
>Am I likely to find a spare power connector and suitable IDE cable? (I know
>I could buy a 3-head cable: should I buy an ATA-100 cable to go with a
>modern ATA-100 drive even if the motherboard only operates at ATA-33?
>
>Having installed the second drive, how to I format it and put a file system
>on it?
>
>Thanks,
Graham; I can't help you with any real expertise with this, except to say
that adding a modern IDE drive should be perfectly possible, and there will
be no BIOS to play with (this is one of the reasons it was so nice to move
across to a Mac all those years ago). But there are details to get right,
like what formatter to use and the jumper settings. As for space being
available, I think it would depend on which model of Mac it was- desktop or
tower.
There are loads of genuinely expert people in uk.com.sys.mac who will know
all about these questions; the Demon mac groups are very little used now,
because everybody including Demon Maccers has migrated to uk.comp.sys.mac,
so I've cross posted this to u.c.s.m and set the follow-ups there too.
See you there...