How large a second internal hard drive?

Keep running out of hd space - have been removing cache, etc. to try to keep my available space at least 10%, but decided to purchase a second hd. Was asked how big a one I wanted. Is there an optimum or max size I can use on my G4 (400 mhz, AGP, Model 3,3). Current hd is 20 GB divided between OS 9 (2.83) and OS X (16.25).IT IS AN SDram 100 I think.
Also - I never use the OS 9 side anymore - Can I Unpartition the current hd so that the OS 10 gets all of it and if so, how?
What is the max RAM memory I can add to this? Currently have 384 MB

The PowerMac3,3 version does not natively support drives larger than 128G from the logic board's drive controller. To benefit from a larger drive, you will need to install an PCI ATA controller card that supports larger drives and is (hopefully) bootable.
You can also try the high capacity software driver from Intech. Note the caveats, especially if this is your main boot drive. There also used to be a freeware solution called Overdrive. I provide the link but the site has been down for a long time. I have a copy but I have never tried it.
[Overdrive|http://mac.profusehost.net/overdrive/index.html] - free utility to use >128GB drives in old computers. Read warnings about beta releases in general.
[Texas Mac Man's post on large hard drives|http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=8646489#8646489]
[Dave Hamilton on BootROM versions and HD support|http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1751707&tstart=90]
You can buy a larger drive as long as you partition it so the first partition is under 128G (like 125G) and leave the remainder unformatted.
Just so it's clear, partitioning will not give you access to the whole drive. In other words, a 250 GB drive split into two partitions will still only let you see the first 128 GB unless you use the PCI card or software solution.

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