In a message dated 7/8/02 1:07:27 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
<< 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. >> Although it might appear "easy" to write a transition tool, this is complicated by the various versions of Drive Setup writing a different number of hidden partitions. So, the card manufacturers, which all copied the firmware concept probably originated by FirmTek on the ProMax TurboMax UATA/33 card, apparently decided that this reality would not be addressed, and that it would be presumed that any drives attached to the UATA card would be new ones, which had never been used on an internal EIDE/UATA bus before. One good thing to come of this: a drive which was formatted on, say, a ProMax TurboMax UATA/33 card, will work on a competitor's UATA card without requiring re-initialization. -- 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>
