> Once AGAIN we return to Pluses and SCSI external drives. I have a 2GB > Seagate Hawk in an external box I'd like to use to boot my Plus. > Trouble is when I attach it to the Plus it doesn't get to flashing a > disk/? icon it just goes black after the RAM test. It boots and works > fine with a 6.0.8 floppy and no SCSI devices. > The drive is set to TE (Termination Enabled) and TP (provide > Terminating Power) and hooked up via a straight 25-50 pin SCSI cable. > I've usd this arrangement before on the Plus (with a different drive), > but I've tried 2 other ones now and neither works right. > > Help.... :-D
Keep in mind that hard disks for the Plus should be formatted with a 3:1 interleave. Newer Macs usually cannot access these, so you may have to use the Plus itself to format it. -Terry ----------------------------------- Hail Eris! -><- All Hail Discordia! -- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------
