That Was Too Easy!

[Tinnitus]

Popped a 20GB IBM ATA in my G4, ran the partition utility (8x2.4GB), done in 15 minutes.

[Doug Shugarts]

...and when you discover that fast ATA drives work without errors on PT sessions; when you know that you can remove that SCSI card from your rig and install a top-shelf video card; and when you realize that this eliminates those dreaded -6402 errors; and when you realize how much money you've spent on noisy and hot 10k disks and start to become angry wth yourself because you never 'thought outside the box..'

...that, too, is too easy!

[Tinnitus]

Well, I'm a PC guy, so I knew about IDE...but in a PC you'd have to set the BIOS, fdisk, format, and have about a 95% chance of cutting your hand on some sharp edge...

UNFORTUNATELY, I MUST use a SCSI card, but only for that ding-dang MLCD. I would LOVE to use FireWire, etc., but NOOOOOHHHHHH... I assume that MLCD's SCSI requirement is merely a lag in development maintenance, and that FireWire and USB will ultimately be supported.

So I have one slot left for a video card (next year probably), but alas, now I can't fit a SampleCell card or a TDM system...

[LCM]

Just bought a Maxtor 40 Gig 7200 rpm
I divided it in 3, making an audio partition of 20G,the rest is for the mac system and applications.
I run it along 2 cheetas and a 18 Gig barracuda...
Runs all the demos without glitches, i can record in it, etc, etc
oh, and the price: $295 at my local compusa
My rig is mix plus in a 500 mhz G4

[Tinnitus]

The additional ATA drive bay bracket is supposed to bend, per the Apple manual. I have no idea why.

I just used the OS9 partition utility pre-installed on my G4, for multiple partitions you can only select HFS+. I don't see a problem with this, Digi says HFS+ is OK.

[haze]

Tinn,

Seems like the Mac OS doesn't recognize my
2nd ATA. The G4 mentions to check manufacturer instructions that came with the
drive for configuration. Great, their PC instructions. Now what? It can't be that difficult. I'll try to contact Seagate.

haze

[haze]

ok, it now recognizes the 2nd ata, but now
not the first. Apparently, the info. i received concerning the jumper settings was
incorrect.

My G4 came with a 10gb Western Digital ATA.
I installed a 28GB ata for audio (partitioned
it as well). The Jumper settings on the Western Digital remain untouched. I was told
this jumper pattern should remain the same,
and that i would have to change the setting
for the second ata (because it was shipped
as a master but, would now be the slave).
So, i changed this setting. Yeah, it works.
Now, i can't get access to my original drive.
It shows up as a device, but not in the menu
where i need to access the drive to initialize it.

Oh, well. I guess i'll start over from scratch and see what happens.

haze

[haze]

got it right, finally. Maybe a loose connection, i dunno. But, i'm back on track.

haze

[haze]

Hey, my G4500 just came in the door.
Installed OS9.02. I have a Seagate i want
to install as my 2nd drive. Funny, but the
bracket is a bit wide on the right? What's
up with that. Is it ok to mount 2nd ATA with
only 2 screws (left side of bracket).

Also, do i need to go down to the local
Fry's electronics and buy HFS/HFS+. Or will
the disk utility in OS9 suffice?

I'll partition the 28gb ata barracuda into
3 or 4 gig segments unless you guys think
otherwise. Thanks for the help.

haze