Mac not reading entire storage capacity of ext HD

I bought a 200gb HD for my powermac, but once it mounts it says the capacity is 128gb, and thats all i can fit on there. How can i get my mac to recognize the HD as a 200gb one?
Thanks for any help!

You installed this disk on the original IDE bus? If so then the limit on most Power Mac G4s is just that, 128GB. You would need a PCI based IDE or SATA card to install larger drives.

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