Problem: IBM SCSI 9GB HDs not mounting on 7600. I have two of the beasts (model No. DNES-309170), bought from a PC outlet cheapo. I plan to use them with my G3-upgraded 7600 MacOS9.1 - one replacing an internal 2GB drive (leaving the other internal drive - 4GB IBM - intact) and using the other as an external back-up drive that can back up the whole contents of the internal 9GB.
The only way I could get them to mount was to install FWB HDT on a 7200 (OS8.1). Managed to get both HDs set up in external cases initialised and mounting on the 7200. However, neither drive will mount on the 7600 (which does not have FWB HDT installed). Drive Setup 1.9.2 and 2.0.3 - and System Profiler- can "see" the IBM 9GB HDs (one set to SCSI address #6, one to SCSI #1). Drive Setup can update the drivers, then I restart, do a low-level format as one volume, HFS+, and they will appear on the desktop. They then behave as normally mounted disks but as soon as I restart they do not show up. Run SCSI Probe 5.2 and they are seen - ID: 6; Vendor IBM-PSG; Product DNES-309170W !#; Vers SABO) - but cannot be mounted. I have tried running Disk Warrior to rebuilt the directories once they are formatted. Made no difference. I have run Norton Disk Doctor 6.0.3 and got to the point in the scan where it said words to the effect: You can now mount/reinstall drivers but there is a chance if the driver is corrupted, your system my crash. At which point I quit without attempting to mount/reinstall drivers. Previously I had a problem with two IDE drives mounted in Firewire ext enclosures - each had lost partitions. Disk Warrior fixed that. But at the time I was warned about going with doing the driver mount/reinstall with NDD. Should I risk it? Basically I want to be able to mount the two drives on the 7600 without having to use FWB HDT on the 7600 - bad voodoo in the past. Any ideas? All advice gratefully considered... No. DNES-309170W !# -- Giles Hugo [EMAIL PROTECTED] "I don't wear ties - they restrict the blood flow." - Steve Jobs -- 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! | PowerON Computer Services <http://www.poweron.com> REPLACEMENT PARTS in STOCK Drives, CD-ROMs, RAM, Mac OS SW, Power Supply <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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 Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
