Re: G3 450MHz B&W HDD question

xgipper <xgipper@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I have a G3 450MHz B&W which has a SCSI card fitted in one of the PCI
> slots.
>
> The small harddisk is connected to the scsi card and the CD rom is
> connected to the right hand most IDE connector.
>
> I would like to add a larger IDE disk with a view to making this new
> disk the main or even the only disk in the machine.
>
> Are there likely to be any problems plugging the new disk into the free
> IDE connector, operating it in tandem with the SCSI drive or making it
> the main system drive?
>
> Are there manufacturers/types that should be avoided?

Any IDE disk should work fine, but bear in mind that any drives bigger
than 137GB will only show as being 137GB in size. I would get a Seagate
drive personally.

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