I want to use a old G3 an a server how can i do that? Can it have a 1Tb hard drive Thanks so much.
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Can I Use A G3 As A server
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This can be done but there are some problems
1) The Bios does not support large drives. I am not that familiar with the G3 but I know the early G4's will only support drives up to 132GB internally. So you would have to have an external firewire enclosure for your large drive.
2) I think the B&W G3 was only supported by the first version of OSX so you would likely have some issues connecting to it from newer machines.
I have done this with a 450 Mhz G4 which supports Panther 10.3 and used an external large firewire drive and it works OK
This can be done but there are some problems
1) The Bios does not support large drives. I am not that familiar with the G3 but I know the early G4's will only support drives up to 132GB internally. So you would have to have an external firewire enclosure for your large drive.
2) I think the B&W G3 was only supported by the first version of OSX so you would likely have some issues connecting to it from newer machines.
I have done this with a 450 Mhz G4 which supports Panther 10.3 and used an external large firewire drive and it works OK
Early G4:s supported HD's up to 128Gb. I'm not sure about G3's either, possibly same limit applies there as well.