> I have tried the Seagate
> drive with the jumpers set to either the "single drive" setting, or the
> "cable select" setting. I have not tried the Quantum drive with an
> alternative jumper setting.
Apple began using Cable Select cables with the B&W G3, after it had
licensed hp/Compaq's patent
Success!
On Tuesday, April 15, 2014 3:00:38 PM UTC-4, Iamanamma wrote:
>
> I made some progress today, I have an old copy of DiskWarrior, and when I
> started up from that CD, the new Seagate hard drive mounted (with the
> jumpers set to cable select). I ran DiskWarrior and then restarted fro
I made some progress today, I have an old copy of DiskWarrior, and when I
started up from that CD, the new Seagate hard drive mounted (with the
jumpers set to cable select). I ran DiskWarrior and then restarted from
the OS 8.6 CD. The drive mounted again. Since the drive is a little on the
la
I am only trying to have one hard drive installed at a time, and I want to
set it up as the boot drive. I am not quite sophisticated nor interested
enough to figure out how to put two hard drives on my ATA bus, especially
since I really want to keep that third drive bay open to take advantage o
> Newer systems are always being updated to handle improved drive
> technologies, so it is quite possible that 9.2 would see something that
> 8.6
> didn't.
> The size of the drives is also important, as every OS version and machine
> have their own limits. Is the Seagate larger than the Quantum?
>
On Apr 14, 2014, at 13:16 , Iamanamma wrote:
> I took one out because I thought it was bad. Hard drive set up was not
recognizing the hard drive on the ATA bus. I was using > an OS 8.6 install
disk to start up so I could re-format it and re-install the OS.
You had two drives, or just one?
If t
Starting with the extremely simple basics you ahve already;
1. Cleaned all port and cable end connections with an old toothbrush and
contact cleaner or isopropyl alcohol. Scrubbing them thoroughly.
2. After plugging them in and trying to boot up, wiggled the cables along
their length to see it
I am having trouble getting this old Mac to recognize hard drives. I took
one out because I thought it was bad. Hard drive set up was not
recognizing the hard drive on the ATA bus. I was using an OS 8.6 install
disk to start up so I could re-format it and re-install the OS. I had a
new ATA
