A classic symptom of an ID conflict. I'd wager that you've selected a SCSI ID that matches something already on the bus.
Hal > -----Original Message----- > From: Tatusko, Jonathan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2003 5:48 PM > To: Compact Macs > Subject: External SCSI Trouble > > > Greetings, all. > > An old MicroNet external SCSI drive has recently come into my > possession > that I want to use for my SE. I'm having trouble > mounting/formatting it for > use. > It seems that it had originally been a Macintosh formatted > drive, but was > re-formatted as a DOS drive. > > Surprising to me, I found that MicroNet still had mounting/formatting > software > available for download so I could get the drive to be > recognized by the SE. > > When I run the MicroNet software it seems to find the > external SCSI drive > on every open SCSI-ID including the one I've set the drive > to. If I select > the > SCSI-ID I've physically set on the drive to install the > controller software > and > format the drive it hangs. Forcing me to quit the application. Once > I do that, the Finder "Initialize disk" comes up, but hangs > also forcing me > to > quit that as well. > > I've tried using Mount Everything and a software SCSI probe to try and > figure > out why the drive won't mount/format to no avail. Mount > Everything and the > probe also show the external SCSI drive on every available > SCSI-ID including > the one it's physically set to. I've also tried the same > sets of software > on > my SE/30 and a 6100/60 with the same results. > > I think I have the drive properly terminated with what I > believe to be a > pass-through Centronics/SCSI-1 50-pin M/F connector > (Note: this connector is NOT a cable), but I'm not sure it's a SCSI > terminator. > > Anyone have any ideas? > > Thanks! > > -Jon, Battle On! > > > > -- > 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> > --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; > Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For digest mode, email: > <mailto:compact.macs-> [EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subscription > questions: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/compact.macs%40mail.macla > unch.com/> > > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > >The Think Different Store > http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > -- 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> --> 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/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
