I hate moving
Right before we moved from DC back to Seattle, I decided to upgrade my Mac Cube harddrive to 250gb from 125gb. For some reason, the drive was only recognized as 125gb, not 250 - and OS X wouldn't boot from it. Gah! Then the swirl of moving happened, everything got packed, and I forgot about it.
Fast forward two and a half months, my stuff is all out of storage and unpacked in my spiffy new home office. I just got home from work, all jazzed to get my Cube working again. I got out my stack of harddrives (don't ask), and no joy - no 125gb harddrive to be found. I looked EVERYWHERE - no joy. It has simply vanished. Luckily, I found the original 30gb drive - made in 2000 for gosh sakes - it even has an Apple logo on it (I didn't notice that before). And it still boots - thank god! It is merrily updating to OS X (Power PC version, of course 
) 10.4.9 and iTunes 7.2 - with all of 5GB free.
Next stop - my Mac Mini. I have found my power supply, keyboard, mouse and monitor - but no Mac Mini.
I hate moving.
Comments
120 GB drive is the max size for Cube. Due to the limitation of the IDE controller larger hard drive are recognized only as 127 GB. Get a 120 GB drive and format it by starting the Mac from the install CD.
Great blog by the way!
Posted by: Teemu Masalin | June 8, 2007 11:51 AM
Welcome (back) to Seattle. If you're looking for a good church, let me know. I know of one. ;)
Posted by: Sean S | June 9, 2007 6:44 PM
You can install a drive larger than 120GB with the help of Intech's SpeedTools ATA Hi-Cap Support Driver ($25). See http://www.speedtools.com/ATA6.shtml and the FAQ at http://www.cubeowner.com for more info.
Posted by: Laurie Duncan | June 26, 2007 7:32 AM
Laurie - awesome tip - thank you!! 750GB drive, here I come!
Posted by: Craig Eisler | June 26, 2007 3:36 PM