> Any ideas on how I might repair the HD, or failing that, force it to > mount one last time so I can back up the files on it?
Hmmmm... is it possible for you to put it in another SCSI Mac or even a PC with a SCSI card? That would eliminate the posibility that the SCSI controller has failed. If the disk appears in the PC you might be able to use HFVExplorer to view files - unless it is HFS+. Without doing something drastic - if you have access to a PC with SCSI and LINUX or, say, BeOS, you could attempt to take a RAW dump of the drive using the dd command. This may also work from MacOS X if the computer in question has SCSI. The dd command is a standard part of BeOs R4.0 onwards and LINUX ad infinum. For BeOS is would be something like: dd of=/boot/home/backup.img if=/dev/disc/scsi/??/??/raw where the ?? are BUS and LUN's (BUS would normally be 0 unless you have more than one SCSI BUS and LUN should be readable from the jumpers on the disk.) LINUX would be a completely different '/dev/../..' path. The dd commany is able to read and write to unmounted disks, so long as the disk is healthy enough to allow the process to gain the data. Under BeOS you might also see if you can fix the partition map or possibly mount the partition (DriveSetup is your friend here, but only if the volume is not HFS+ as BeOS can't mount HFS+ volumes - for HFS+) with your data on it. You may also be able to just copy that partition (instead of "raw" you would specify the partition number - easy enough if there is only one, though apple style partition maps are slightly more painful because of the disk drivers etc sitting in mini partitions of their own.) This all might work for BeOS PPC too, but your mileage may vary. The problem with BeOS on a Mac is that BeOS relies on OpenFirmware and the MacOS bootstrap to reliably inform it about the hardware present. If MacOS doesn't like the drive, it may not appear as an option. If you do manage to get the above to work on PPC but the volume is HFS+ (Appple Extended) then not all is lost. You can use SheepShaver to boot from a version of MacOS that is prior to 9.0 (8.1 - 8.6) and read the HFS+ volume that way. This will all probably work with LINUX PPC too, but you'll have far less gray hairs if you don't have to install it just to do this. Hope that helps, Matt -- 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> --> 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/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
