Dan, There are a few issues here to consider.
1) Make sure that the SCSI ID of the external drive does not conflict with any other device on the bus. The internal HD is normally ID 0, and the Bus controller is always (on the SE/30) ID 7. 2) While terminating the external drive is important to proper operation of the bus, it is possible that the external drive is already terminated. If the external drive was originally an internal drive, it would likely have termination enabled (either via a jumper or by resistor packs). Excessive termination will cause the SCSI bus signal levels to be reduced to a point where the bus will likely not work. You may also need to have the drive supply termination power to the bus. This should not be needed though. 3) It is critical that any external devices be powered up and ready to accept SCSI commands before powering up the computer. Drives can have a delayed startup (generally drive ID # X 5 or 10 seconds) and the drive must have completely initialized itself before it will respond to the bus. In addition, drives on the Mac should not have the (wait for) attention jumper set. 4) I am not too sure about the OS-X minimum drive size. This has come up before, but I have never seen it. My beige G-3 running 10.1.x has no problem "logging onto" my Q-950 with a 250 MB drive. If I get a chance I will try with a smaller drive this weekend (I think my smallest drive is around 20 MB). Are you certain that you have file sharing turned on? Does the drive also have sharing enabled? Both steps need to be completed before you will see the drive. Derek -- Compact Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/>. Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Compact Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.shtml> The FAQ: <http://macfaq.org/> --> 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]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/compact.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
