Which do you have the 15150 series seagate?
My Mac PM7600 w/G3-400mhz upgrade(joecard),896 meg ram. OS 9.1/9.2.1 hybrid > From: Greg Merritt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (PCI PowerMacs) > Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2001 20:31:45 -0700 > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (PCI PowerMacs) > Subject: Re: 8500 vs. two HDs > > > I spent hours this weekend trying to get an 8500 to properly > boot with two of those full-width, full-height 9GB Seagate drives > from compgeeks. > > Either one will mount individually on either bus. The > computer won't boot at all with both drives on the same bus. With > one on the external bus (even with different i.d.), it boots but the > external one mounts on *all* scsi i.d.s -- that's right, I've got > like 7 or 8 copies of each of its two volumes mounted on the desktop! > Frightening! > > This is OS9.1, with and without a G3 card. > > I am well-versed in scsi i.d.s and termination -- this is not > the problem. > > This machine had been running a half-gig drive and a two-gig > drive, both on the internal bus, running OSX with the original 120MHz > processor. > > -Greg > > (p.s.: I did lots of this testing with the case open and with cables > haning out everywhere -- that's how I "fit" the big drives...) > > -- > PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... > > Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | > -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | > > Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> > > PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.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/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > > Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! > <http://www.applelinks.com> > > -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.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/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! <http://www.applelinks.com>
