"Eric L. Strobel" wrote:
>
> on 12/11/00 11:07 AM, Laurent Daudelin at [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
> > Hi all!
> >
> > In the process of preparing my stuff for sale, I decided to format the
> > Fujitsu (Apple OEM) 4.3 GB drive in my Duo 2300c, because I wanted to
> > sell it separately. I selected the zero writing options in the
> > initialization options in Drive Setup, and proceeded with the
> > format/initialization.
> >
> > After making some progress, I felt that the progress bar was kinda
> > stucked. Drive Setup was still responding, the ball cursor was still
> > spinning, but it looks like the progress was a lot slower. It was about
> > half done with the drive. So, I decided to go to bed and let it run all
> > night.
> >
> > This morning, upon checking up the Duo, I had a message in the message
> > portion of the Drive Setup window saying that initialization failed, and
> > the Duo was locked up.
> >
> > I've tried to restart, but the drive wouldn't show up in the Finder.
> > I've went to Drive Setup again, but the drive wouldn't appear in the
> > drives list.
> >
> > The odd thing I did notice is when I reboot, or restart the Duo. The
> > drive starts spinning, but I can hear it spinning very slowly. At least,
> > slower than what it used to be. After a little while, I can hear the
> > difference.
> >
> > So, now, I'm kinda stucked with this drive. Anyone knows what I could
> > try? I'm forced to boot off the Mac OS 9 system CD for now.
> >
> > Any suggestion?
> >
> > Thanks in advance!
> >
> > -Laurent.
>
> Since the drive no doubt has no System Folder (or anything else, for that
> matter) on it, this is exactly the behavior that should be expected. Just
> format with the Drive Setup off the OS9 CD. An alternative would be if you
> have the SCSI cable to permit the Duo to become an external drive. Then you
> can just hook it up to a desktop machine and do what you will.
>
> - Eric.
>
Can't do! The drive doesn't show up in Drive Setup! I don't have the
cable to turn the Duo into an external drive, I don't think I have it,
but not sure, how to recognize it?
-Laurent.
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