Hard Drive Full - Need to upgrade

My Hard Drive is full on my Powerbook G4. I have dozens of external drives i use for storing backups but i want a larger hard drive that is internal so i can have easier mobility.
what type of hard drive is compatible with this machine? Serial ATA or Ultra ATA?

I have a powermac G4 933mhz
I screwed up and bought a serial ATA.
Is the Seagate Barracuda Ultra100 an example of a hard drive that will be compatable?
Seagate Barracuda 7200.8 ST3250823A 250GB Ultra ATA/100 7200RPM Hard Drive w/8MB Buffer
is the exact description

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    http://www.excaliberpc.com/ICYDock_MB455_5_x_SATA_MultiDrive/CMX-MB455/partinfo-id-563803.html
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