Can my G4 933 see 'large' external firewire drives?

[christophertin]

I have a question about my G4 and its ability to see larger drives. I know that there's a limitation of 137 MB for internal drives, but I'm wondering what would happen if I plugged an external 200 GB or 250 GB Firewire drive into it. Would it be able to see it?

Thanks for the help!

 

[aquajet]

The 137 GB limitation only applies to the internal IDE bus. So yes, if you plug a 250 GB firewire drive into your machine, it will recognize all 250 GB (well actually closer to 229 GB after formatting).

 

[christophertin]

Thanks! Just the answer I was looking for.