What size Hard Drive can I put in my iBook?

Hello all,
I have a 12 inch 800 MHz iBook. The 30GB internal drive failed on me a couple days ago. Good thing for external drives:). Anywho, I'm just wondering what the biggest size drive I can get for a replacement?
Thanks for any and all help,
Dan

I just upgraded my iBook today with a Samsung 120gb(111gb formatted), 5400rpm Hard Drive. So far it runs smoothly and zips a little faster than the factory 40gb. It took me time and patience but it can be done, I also bought a Panasonic DVD burner, with patchburn(free software online) it works great too.
iBook G4 12in   Mac OS X (10.4.6)   G4 1.33ghz, 1.5gb ram, 120gb hd, SuperDrive

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