G4 bigger hard drive oddity

NeilM · NeilM #1 (**permalink**)

05-18-2006, 12:13 PM

First post, and it's a 'Help' thing. Oh well....

OK, so I've got an old 2000-vintage G4 whose old 30GB HD went wonky and a mate has just dropped a nice 250GB Seagate HD in. It's running Tiger.

Now the oddity - the machine is only seeing half (128GB, to be exact) of the disk.

Suggestions?

Edit: Ah. Another source says that pre-Quicksilver machines can't cope with more than 128GB anyway......

timswim78 · timswim78 #2 (**permalink**)

05-18-2006, 12:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NeilM

First post, and it's a 'Help' thing. Oh well....

OK, so I've got an old 2000-vintage G4 whose old 30GB HD went wonky and a mate has just dropped a nice 250GB Seagate HD in. It's running Tiger.

Now the oddity - the machine is only seeing half (128GB, to be exact) of the disk.

Suggestions?

http://www.lowendmac.com/macdan/05/1024.html

rman · rman #3 (**permalink**)

05-18-2006, 01:24 PM

I think if you split the drive into two partitions, you should be able to all of the drive.

thelox714 · thelox714 #4 (**permalink**)

06-01-2006, 12:21 AM

http://sonnettech.com/product/tempo_ata133.html

coach_z · coach_z #5 (**permalink**)

06-01-2006, 12:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rman

I think if you split the drive into two partitions, you should be able to all of the drive.

that should work....
-chris

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Guest Posts: n/a	05-18-2006, 12:13 PM First post, and it's a 'Help' thing. Oh well.... OK, so I've got an old 2000-vintage G4 whose old 30GB HD went wonky and a mate has just dropped a nice 250GB Seagate HD in. It's running Tiger. Now the oddity - the machine is only seeing half (128GB, to be exact) of the disk. Suggestions? Edit: Ah. Another source says that pre-Quicksilver machines can't cope with more than 128GB anyway......
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