Cheers for that! That makes sense now as the hard drive did show up in Drive Setup but as a scsi device, which at the time didn't make sense to me. The manual said nothing about that. Better go backup all my data then.
Thanks, Niall ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "G-List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, July 06, 2002 3:37 PM Subject: Re: ATA pci card boot problems > > In a message dated 7/6/02 7:21:40 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > << > Anybody got an ideas on where I'm going wrong? > > >> > > In order to use an EIDE/UATA hard drive which was formerly connected to a > motherboard EIDE bus (either one) on an AHARD UATA card (or any other one), > you must reinitialize that hard drive for use on the UATA card. > > Drive Setup will reinitialize that hard drive as if it is a SCSI hard drive, > which is how these cards operate. > > Although the data on the hard drive doesn't actually have to be changed (only > the hidden partitions need to be mucked with) so far no card manufacturer has > seen fit to make a "transition" tool. Therefore, all your data will be lost > during the rewriting of the hidden partitions. > > There was a card from Japan quite a few years ago which did not require this > reinitialization, but it is long gone. > > > -- > 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> > > -- 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>
