Did not try to separate the hard drives, as they were both working fine in a master/slave way. It was a CDR (as sole unit/master) and then a CDR/DVD (as sole unit/master) and then the hard drives (master/slave) that failed to show up when plugged into that bus. Next time I pop it open, I will try a sole hard drive.
But how can OS X overcome what I thought was a hardware limitation? Can OS X really see master/slave ide devices on beige rev1 boards? Andrew on 06/10/02 04:26, Marc van Gemert at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Andrew wrote: > >> But I miss having the second hard drive. It was to be my OSX testbed (after >> changing it to master). Any suggestions on a test to see how fixable this >> might be? Or suggestions of a cure? One that does not involve blood >> sacrifices? A PCI IDE card seems prohibitive, I would be better off to get a >> USB enclosure at the prices I have seen locally. > > Have you tried that second HD as the master on the CD bus by itself? And then > see if it's bootable? > > Also I had the same problem that the slaved HD wouldn't show up on either > Drive > Setup or System Profiler at all. That was when I tried to connect the stock 6 > GB Quantum in my B&W G3 Rev1 as a slave to the master DiamondMax Plus 30 gig. > It only worked the other way around. Now that I have a 40 gig Maxtor (30 gig > died) which is actually a Quantum I can use the 6 gig as a slave and the 40 > gig > as the master. Those problems are related to the fact that my Mac officially > doesn't support slave drives (I have a Rev1 B&W). That seems to be the same > problem with yours too, but for OS X it doesn't matter anymore, because > master-slave combos do work, even if your Mac doesn't support it. > > Marc > > -- > Marc van Gemert | MacSonar Support Team | Webmaster MacSonar > http://www.MacSonar.net | mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> 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/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! <http://www.applelinks.com>
