Subject: Re: ATA drive on Q630
To: None <port-mac68k@netbsd.org>
From: lint <lint@blowthatshitup.com>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 03/03/2001 21:58:50
AS a related aside i did a cable hack to my 630 in which i ran a scsi
able to the HD 'dock' area. But be wared i hack to chop up the guts
somethign fierce
>I'm looking at getting a *large* drive for my Q630, to make my new
>development machine (currently using a IIsi, 2GB SCSI)... and, of
>course, this happens to be an ATA based machine.
>
>Staying away from ATA/100 drives, I found a Seagate Barracuda ATA/66
>drive in the $125 range (damn, drives have gotten cheap!) which is
>30GB. What problems, other than the installer maybe glitching on
>large partitions, can I expect with this? I'd presume from the age
>of the machine that the PROM code can't handle LBA mode, but could
>probably boot off of a small Mac/OS partition at the beginning of
>the drive...
>
>Suggestions? Thoughts? Comments?
AS a related aside i did a cable hack to my 630 in which i ran a scsi
able to the HD 'dock' area. But be wared i hack to chop up the guts
somethign fierce.