Subject: Re: installing a new drive question
From: Ed Jaeger (ed.jaeger@bgcorp.com)
Date: Thu Jun 15 2000 - 13:37:44 MDT
Based on all the information I've seen, but not having tried myself, the
IDE controllers on all PPC Macs but the most recent G4s will only
recognize one disk on the one channel present.
"Turnquist,Wayne" wrote:
>
> can i take a 4 gig ide drive that was in a pc-windows machine and install it
> in my powerpc 6500.
>
> if i can,
> do i set it to slave mode and then install it
> then when i power up the mac, the mac should prompt for a reformat
> on that drive
-- Ed Jaeger, CFO, Bohlender Graebener Corporation ed.jaeger@bgcorp.com http://www.bgcorp.com --- "Live out of your imagination, not your history."-- Stephen Covey
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