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[supernova777]

http://www.speedtools2.com/ATA6.html
there is a reference to mac os 9 in this page..
can this be used to overcome 128gb limit on sawtooth/digital audios?

If you plan to use this drive under BOTH MacOS X and true MacOS 9 (not the Classic shell), please download a copy of our SpeedTools ATA Hi-Cap Driver User's Guide file. There you will find a full explanation of possible issues involved and several recommendations for eliminating possible problems.

http://www.speedtools.com/Users%20Guides/ATA%20Hi-Cap%20Guide.pdf

Device driver (kernel extension) to enable over 128 GB addressing of ATA hard disk drives on G3 and Pre-Mirrored Door G4 Macintosh computers

Safe Partitioning for Hi-Cap support with MacOS 9 and MacOS X:
If you plan to boot your machine natively into both MacOS 9 and X, you will need to partition
the drive under MacOS 9 using Intech’s Hard Disk SpeedTools (a.k.a. HDST, sold seperately)
product which supports extended capacity drives under MacOS 9. If you don’t have this
product, you can buy it directly from Intech’s web site (http://www.speedtools.com).

Once you have obtained HDST, boot your computer into MacOS 9 and do the following:
Run HDST. Create your MacOS X bootable partition first. It can be up to 131,071 Megabytes
(about 127.99 Gigabytes), but no larger. Allocate the rest of the drive according to your
needs. If you wish to have separate OS 9 and X partitions, make sure that both partitions
are fully allocated BEFORE the 128 GB boundary.

Here are two HDST partitioning examples for a 250 GB drive for users of both MacOS 9 &
X:

1) Simplest partition scheme - create a 131,071 Megabyte volume and allocate the rest to
a second volume. Install both MacOS 9 and X onto the first partition.

2) A more complex sample scheme - create two 50,000 Megabyte volumes, a third 31,071
Megabyte volume, and allocate the rest to one or more volumes. You can install OS 9 and
X onto any of the first three partitions.

The important point here is that no single volume spans the 128 Gigabyte barrier.
Note that in our more complex example the first three volumes add up to exactly 131,071
(50,000 + 50,000 + 31,071)