Can I install a 30gb+ drive in a 1G?

Posted this question here a while ago, gonna try again:
Hi, I've got a 20gb 3G, I'm at the point where I need to upgrade to a bigger mp3 player, and I'm really interested in a 1G (rather than a newer iPod model) for a number of reasons. However, obviously I need something substantially BIGGER than 20gb to make my time worthwhile, and 1G only went up to 10.
So... are 1Gs compatible with 3, 4, or 5G drives? Could I buy a larger (maybe 40gb or 60gb) drive and install it in an old first-gen model, or has the actual modelling of the drive/mobo changed since then so that it wouldn't fit? Really looking for an answer here, as if anyone can tell me that it works, I'll be buying a used 1G.
Of course, since the newer drives are so much smaller, I realize that I'll have to put extra padding and whatnot in the 1G, but that's not a problem; I'm just worried about compatibility.
Thanks for any help!

Sure:
ATA is the standard for most hard drives. the ipods use a type called ATA-5.
"Advanced Technology Attachment. A disk drive implementation that integrates the controller on the disk drive itself. There are several versions of ATA, all developed by the Small Form Factor (SFF) Committee:
ATA : Also known as IDE (Integrated, or Intelligent, Drive Electronics) supports one or two hard drives, a 16-bit interface and PIO modes 0, 1 and 2.
ATA-2 : Supports faster PIO modes (3 and 4) and multiword (DMA modes (1 and 2). Also supports logical block addressing (LBA) and block transfers. ATA-2 is marketed as Fast ATA and Enhanced IDE (EIDE).
ATA-3 : Minor revision to ATA-2.
Ultra-ATA : Also called Ultra-DMA, ATA-33, and DMA-33, supports multiword DMA mode 3 running at 33 MBps.
ATA/66 : A version of ATA proposed by Quantum Corporation, and supported by Intel, that doubles ATA’s throughput to 66 MBps.
ATA/100 : An updated version of ATA/66 that increases data transfer rates to 100 MBps.
ATA is also called Parallel ATA."
-From http://www.x-emi.com/tech_terms.html
Anyway, you can just buy any ATA-5 drive (Or get it from like another iPod) & then install it into yours.
Look here for some ideas: http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.asp?Submit=ENE&N=201015001470000314&Subcategory=14&description=&srchInDesc=&minPrice=&maxPrice=&ATTR1=&ATTR 2=&ATTR3=&ATTR4=&ATTR5=&ATTR6=&ATTR7=201015001470000314
You can also install any CompactFlash Card, or CompactFlash MicroDrivein a 1st gen.

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