on 2/15/04 9:18 AM, Christopher Bischoff at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

> Greetings all
> 
> I've sold a working pull IBM Ultrastar 36 gig drive to a swaplister,
> and he is having problems mounting it in his 9600. I quote:
> 
> "To be more specific on the drive:  It spins up when the computer turns
> on,
> but before Mac OS starts booting, the drive spins down.  Whenever I try
> to
> do things with Hard Disk Toolkit, it gives me an error about the device
> not
> being ready.  When I try to do anything within FWB Configure, I get an
> error:  "Drive not ready to perform this command, it may need to be
> started."
> 

> Other than his main internal HD not being set to ID 0, this is
> identical to the working set up from my 9600. Could the first drive
> being set to ID 2 be causing the problems?
> 

> Thanks much,
> 
> Chris
> 

Is he using a Wide card or a plastic adapter to use that drive in the 9600?


Jeff


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