>The drive in my PM8100 died recently, and so I replaced it with a Seagate >ST12550N that I had lying around. The problem is, I can't seem to get Drive >Setup to recognize and format this drive. It keeps telling me it's >non-supported, even though the 12550N is a supported drive. I've checked the >SCSI ID and made sure it was assigned a unique ID, and tried it on both SCSI >busses with the same result.
Supported as made by Seagate, but not supported if originally sold to an OEM with special OEM firmware. >It's probably something simple, but I have no idea. Can anyone here shed >some light on the subject? I'm using OS 8.1 and Drive Setup 1.7.3, but can >upgrade it to OS 9 if that will make a difference. I just need to get this >drive to work. Install the drive on the machine and boot from another drive, one which has both Drive Setup and ResEdit. Make sure the drive spoools up, and that Apple Syetem Profiler sees the drive. Run Apple System Profiler and get the precise identifier for the ST-12550N. Then, launch ResEdit, opening Drive Setup, resource "fSCR". You will notice there is an entry for "SEAGATE,12550N" as resource ID 506. Copy that resource, and insert it as resource ID 128. Then, open the newly created resource ID 128, and do a Get Information on it (Commmand-I), and change the "Name" field to "SEAGATE,*" (without the quotes, of course). This will treat any SEAGATE SCSI drive as a Seagate ST-12550N, which is pretty safe. Now, if your drive was a renamed OEM drive such as "HP", change the "Name" field to "HP,*", instead of "SEAGATE,*". Finally, save this modified version of Drive Setup with a unique name, exit ResEdit, and launch the special version of Drive Setup. Your OEM drive should now be recognized. I have used this technique to support many OEM drives, with good results. If tall else fails, purchase Intech's initializer. -- 1st-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> 1st PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/1st-powermacs.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List archive: <http://mail.maclaunch.com/lists/1st-powermacs/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
