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Mac OS 9 Discussion => Hardware => Storage => Topic started by: Syntho on July 13, 2016, 09:27:33 PM

Title: 867 G4 128GB limitation?
Post by: Syntho on July 13, 2016, 09:27:33 PM

I'm reading that the first Macs to accept drives larger than 128GB are the 2002 Quicksilvers. I have a 2001 867 QS but I read that some of the 867s actually support it while some don't (due to Apple beginning to use new parts at that time).

Do I need a 2002 QS and above or am I SOL?

Title: Re: 867 G4 128GB limitation?
Post by: geforceg4 on July 16, 2016, 02:22:14 AM

you could always bypass built in disk controller infavour of another addon interface via PCI!

Title: Re: 867 G4 128GB limitation?
Post by: GaryN on July 16, 2016, 06:17:16 PM

The guy who had / still has(?) the Sawtooth for sale that I posted last week says it has a driver that enables larger partitions.
Maybe he can share the info. His email is in the listing.

Title: Re: 867 G4 128GB limitation?
Post by: Syntho on July 16, 2016, 07:21:25 PM

http://macos9lives.com/smforum/index.php?topic=1886.0 Maybe this is it.

Title: Re: 867 G4 128GB limitation?
Post by: GaryN on July 17, 2016, 04:57:30 PM

Yup. The Speedtools High-Capacity ATA driver…25 bucks. Sounds like the ticket.