>It is/was a 30GB Maxtor drive. The ACARD controller appears as a SCSI >device to the OS, so perhaps that is an issue? > >Thanks, >Tyler
Many, if not all, of the Mac PCI ATA cards appear as scsi to the system, that in and of itself is not a problem. The most important thing is to have up-to-date drivers for the ATA card. If the card doesn't see the drive, a) verify it can be seen on another system and b) verify the cable is good. If the drive is sharing the bus with another drive, make sure that jumpers for Master/Slave are set correctly for both. Okay, maybe I am all messed up, but some things about Beige G3s are coming back to me now... If my mind is working correctly, I think that Beige G3s don't support multiple drives on the bus under OS 9, but it does work under OS X. OS 9 uses code in ROM to manage the controller, and the ROMed code limits the controller to one drive per channel. However, OS X loads its own IDE code that superceeds the ROMed code and works fine with multiple drives. If you have access to an OS X boot CD, it would be interesting to see if Disk Utility sees the drive after booting into OS X.... -- 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> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; 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/> iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
