Yes, the Adaptec 2930 does show up in the System Profiler under OS X, and I did in fact have it successfully running a Seagate 2Gb drive just before switching to this IBM drive. What's more, an OS X app called VirtualLab (data recovery software) actually finds the drive, although it shows up as much smaller than what it was formatted to in OS 9.
Tony
On Dec 3, 2003, at 3:05 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
----- Original Message ----- From: "Frank P. Eigler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "G-List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wed, 3 Dec 2003 11:22:15 -0800 (PST) Subject: Re: SCSI Hard Drive Woes
I've had some SCSI problems myself. Mine differed in that, as I have aHello,
full OS 9 install on the SCSI disk, I couldn't always boot directly into
*that* OS.
Since doing the following (3 weeks ago?) it's been fine.
1. Ensure the SCSI drive powers up on start. This should be a jumper
setting. What apparently happens is that by the time the drive has powered
up "normally", the process in OS X to see if it's there has executed.
2. Repair permissions. Just 'cause.
3. If a problem, shut-down and wait a good 10 minutes. Hell, unplug the
thing for 10 minutes.
HTH
Frank
PS: And yes, it *does* know it's there... ;-)
On Wed, 3 Dec 2003, Tony Gamble wrote:
Hi, list!
Here's a puzzling problem to which perhaps someone out there has a
viable solution:
I recently purchased a SCSI hard drive, 18Gb IBM DGHS-18Y. Its ID is
set to 2, and if I understand the documentation correctly, it is
self-terminating (take that, Arnold!). Also, it is plugged in to an
Adaptec 2930 (there is a 50-pin adapter on the drive itself) in a B&W
w/XLR8 G4/500.
The drive shows up perfectly well when I boot do OS 9.2.2, but
whenever I boot to OS X (currently Panther, but also tried a Jaguar
bootable CD) it absolutely refuses to exist! I've gone back to OS 9
and done a low-level format and all-zero, updated the driver, and still
no sign of it in OS X. I do hear a couple of quick accesses to the
drive while X is in the early stages of boot, and even very briefly and
occasionally while X is running. It seems as though, somewhere deep,
deep down inside, X knows it's there, and it's taunting me, throwing
its ghostly existence in my face at every turn! ;-)
I welcome any and all suggestions from our knowledgeable listers out
there.
- Tony
I'm running three scsi drives in my B & W without any problems. However, I've got another Mac at work that also refuses to
recognize any of the scsi drives in OSX althouth they're recognized in OS 9. I'm pretty sure that the problem is the the scsi card
isn't OS X compatible or you may need updated OS X controller software?. Does your scsi card show up in your OS X Apple System
Profiler?
Regards.
sdjes
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