>I'm trying to put an IBM Ultrastar drive (DCHS-09F, one of those big
>clunky things) as my backup drive in my 7600/G3, but have been unable
>to initialize the drive. Tried both a hacked copy of Drive Setup and
>Hard Disk Toolkit without success.
>Worse, when I tried a low-level format in HD Toolkit, my Mac froze on
>me and I had to reboot. Now Drive Setup no longer recognizes the
>drive, and while HD Toolkit still does, I am unable to do anything to
>the drive any more (if I try to initialize the drive, I get a message
>saying that the device is not ready).
>Any ideas what I should do next?
>
>Heok Hee
You can try unplugging it and reconnecting with a different id, or
try HD SpeedTools or Atto Express Tools (free), or if there are jumpers
on the drive get the manuf jumper settings spec and check them - it may
be write protected with a jumper or not spinning up - try the mount all
discs command.
Failing the above the drive could be damaged - I had a Cheetah which
would not format as it was 'busy' - 'dead' was another word for it.
Pete
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