>> Assuming it's an original Duo drive, it would originally have shipped in
>a
>> 270c or 280, and is probably a Conner. It could also be from a 500 series
>> Powerbook. Regardless, any Apple-ROM'd drive will take the Apple driver.
>>
>
>Sorry to repost, but I would have missed any replies. Please post again if
>you replied to this.
>
>Well, I wiped my hard drive, and tried to re-format it. It is, indeed, a
>Conner 240. I could not replace the Silverlining driver with the Apple one,
>even after wiping the Silverlining driver. I can never get the "Update"
>option in HDSC setup to turn on, and when I try to use HD SC setup to
>format, it dies at the verification stage, saying it couldn't verify the
>data. I also have this happen if I try to test the drive. However, when I
>run the tests in Silverlining, I find no problems, and everything goes
>fine. At least until I try to sleep the drive, then I get the dreaded "A
>disk has been remove that was needed. Please put it back!" message. Sigh. I
>suppose I'll never get it to sleep. So much for portability. :-) Thanks for
>the suggestions and help.
one old trick with HDT was to start the lowlevel format process, and
interrupt it in the middle of formatting -- then trying the Apple
formatter... seems if the HDT driver wasn't properly installed, the HDSC
driver could then be used. Use this at your own risk! For older Apple
disk formatters, the software had to see the Apple drive ROM chip or not
work.
paul
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