On Sep 14, 2009, at 10:01 AM, Clark Martin wrote:
> Be careful using SCSI Disk Mode on a Wallstreet. There is a problem > with data corruption on drives above a certain size. I don't remember > the particulars but you should be able to find it at Apple's support > page. The SCSI disk mode bug was if you write to higher than the 4 gig mark on a drive, SCSI disk mode wraps and starts writing at sector 1 again. You CAN use SCSI disk mode with drives > 4 gigs, so long as you don't write that far...I successfully installed the OS on my PB5300 with a 6 G drive that way, but I only wrote about 2.5 gigs of data to a blank drive. And I thought that was fixed in the Wall Street? -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are a member of G-Books, a group for those using G3 iBooks and PowerBooks (we run a separate list for G4 'Books). The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g-books Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/ -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
