Can I use a 40GB Hard Drive in my iMac G3 (Tray-Loader)?

Can I use a 40GB Hard Drive in my iMac G3 (Tray-Loader)? Any help gladly appreciated!
Thanks,
Sean Butler

As pointed out, for OS X you need a small <8GB first partition with the tray loading models. If you never plan to run OS X and will only run OS9, then you can format the entire drive as one parition if you like. But to be safe, if you are not sure, make parition one <8GB and partition two the balance of the drive space.
As to your specific question, I have a 60GB drive in my 333MHz Grape Tray loader and it works fine, so yes you can put a 40 in there no problem.
Patrick

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