Subject: Re: 8500 with teeny 1gig SCSI drive (uhg)
From: Brian Egeness (brianfe@ameritech.net)
Date: Fri Dec 14 2001 - 20:19:43 MST
Manufacturer: Seagate
Model Number: ST318417N
Capacity: 18.4 GB
Speed: 7200 rpm
Seek time: 8.5 ms avg
Interface: Ultra SCSI
Suggested Resale Price*: $249.00
URL:
www.seagate.com/cda/products/discsales/marketing/detail/0,1081,309,00.html
Hiya Julia,
Your answer is above!:) The PowerMac 8500's are nice boxes!!! I have one
myself. Here's an interesting note: You can buy a PM8500 stock for under 200
bucks now and install XLR8's dual 500mhz g4 MACh Carrier upgrade card, an
ATI RADEON 64mb graphics card and walla...a box almost as fast (and I mean
damn close) as a new G4 867mhz at less than half the price (yes, I
benchmarked it and it'll go 22% faster than an 876mhz if you install a bus
crystal upgrade and overclock the card to 600mhz but I'm going overboard
here)!
Anyhoo...the main thing to remember when looking for a drive for your
PM8500 is that the scsi internal bus is a SCSI-2 Fast bus (10mb/sec) or
Narrow bus as most hard drive retailers call them. The drive listed above is
your best bet in terms of warranty (5 years) and cost to avoid that second
mortgage! :) Your PM8500 has three bays which allows you to connect up to 3
drives on your SCSI0 cable. I assume you have the factory Conner 1GB drive
and a Matshita CD ROM drive in two of the bays so with a bit-o-rithmetic
that leaves ya one space for the Seagate 18.4 GB drive. :) Also, read up on
SCSI ID settings within the YDL install docs for proper placement of your
Linux drive in the scsi chain. Hope this helps ya out! Also check out
www.macgurus.com. It's the best on the net for PM8500 info. Word to the
wise: Always speak to tech support before buying a drive and get a name as
to ensure a headache free transaction. Good luck!
brian
on 12/14/01 5:29 PM, Julia Jacobs at jjacobs@currantmedia.com wrote:
> (WARNING - NEWBIE ALERT)
> I want to put YDL on my 8500 180mhz PPC, but its got a miniscule 1GB SCSI
> drive. I can only stick SCSI 1 drives in that machine which only get as
> large as 2GB (sob). There's a USB card and an Ethernet Card leaving one PCI
> slot open. What can I do to make this machine a decent box to test Linux
> apps on so that I donšt install stuff on my commercial Linux server and
> crash it, pissing all of my current hosting clients off?
> Any suggestions that won't require me having to get a second mortgage on my
> house?
>
> Julia 'I need to learn Linux badly' Jacobs
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