So finally, after learning that my G4, Greyboy, is too old to support IDE drives larger than 128GB, ordering a Sonnet Tempo ATA133 PCI card to support my new WD 250GB CaviarSE, Greyboy is up and running on the 250GB. That, plus two 72GB Ultra160 SCSI drives, which used to be plenty of storage by themselves, makes a whopping 490GB of drives. So currently, I have 270GB free space. kick ass!
Mad props to Carbon Copy Cloner. I used this program to copy the entire boot partition to the new drive, which copied about 50GB in about 25 minutes, and then booted perfectly. All settings, preferences, etc. still perfectly in place.
On to the next task. Installing OS X 10.4.1. I am currently running 10.3.9, and it works nicely, but I like to keep current. That, and the new iLife ‘05, with GarageBand2, iDVD5 (which now natively supports external DVD-RW drives), iMovieHD, and iPhoto5.
word. Next up, a desktop machine rocking a terabyte of storage. 
June 11th, 2005 at 12:19 am
yes yes, the mac is in tip top shape. I’m currently burning a DVD of delaney using clips from my digital camera. I even put music to it. Oh, how Greyboy loves some extra storage space.
delaney herself is less happy. she’s kinda stuffy, and I just spent about 30 minutes calming her down and putting her back to sleep. she just sobbed, really sad sounding. Nothing in the world is harder to hear. It makes everyone sad. And I know, I’m just getting started. btw, she’s 10 months old today.
Luckily, she’s back in bed now, dreaming away again. I hope it’s happy this time.
June 12th, 2005 at 12:07 am
thanks so much iDVD5. I made another DVD today, which is a slideshow of pictures, using the Ken Burns pan&scan effect, about 15 minutes long, that I named “delaney paige: the first 10 months.” I love not having to use my G5 at work to burn DVDs using iMovie/iTunes. It’s inspiring.
Well, here’s to another good day kids. Hope your today and tomorrow is lovely.