Maximum capacity of hard drive / SSD?

[mayuka]

Hi all,

I recently got a Powerbook G4 1,67 GHz (early 2005 model) in almost prestine condition. I would like to run the old music production software I used many years ago and for that I need a lot of space. I would like to upgrade the hard drive with an SSD. There are SSD-IDE/ATA adapters out there and in theory I would be able to put a 4 TB SSD inside. How much capacity does Mac OS X Leopard support? Would 4 TB fit inside or is there a reported limit? I searched but could not find relevant things. Anybody tried?

Thanks and best wishes.

 

[Amethyst1]

How much capacity does Mac OS X Leopard support?

Leopard supports 48-bit LBA and its limit is 144 PB, so 4 TB is no problem per se as @eyoungren can confirm. However:

Would 4 TB fit inside or is there a reported limit?

The PowerBook can only boot from drives using Apple Partition Map which has a 2 TB limit.

(m.2/mSATA-to-PATA bridges might also have limits. I have no experience with these.)