on 4/26/04 1:17 PM, Sam Cates at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > 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. > > 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. >
The LowEndMac site has a downloads section where a version of Hard Disk Tool Kit lives. The Apple formatter is not all-complete. A third-party formatter LIKE HDTK is a good answer, but can cause problems with using the computer after the new OS is loaded. The hard disk driver can conflict. Either the drive's non-Apple basis, or it's formatter/drivers can make a machine that's a real hair-puller with odd errors and crashes. It's rare, but it happens. I have two SCSI WIDE drives, both Seagate, I tried to use in my 8100 with a Jackhammer SCSI Card. Both produced errors crashiness and misreads that made me give up on loading OS9 onto the 8100 with a 266Mhz. daugtercard. Used in an AST IBM Clone PC, however, these drives both work perfectly. Jeff G -- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------
