Subject: ATA drive on Q630
To: None <port-mac68k@netbsd.org>
From: None <CaptnZilog@aol.com>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 03/02/2001 14:00:48
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?