On Friday, November 1, 2002, at 02:25 AM, Howie S wrote: > on 11/1/02 1:52 AM, PLM at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> While waiting for "help" I was able to determine that "SCSI Probe" >> didn't give me enough info >> to correct my problem, I had forgotten about Adaptec's PowerDomain >> Controller, It does a better >> job of illustrating the card 2930CU. the 2 CD Drives and an Epson >> Perfection1200S scanner connected >> externally, the problem that I'm having is I still can't boot from >> either drive, the Matshita or Yamaha >> The card has a Jumper to terminate, but I don't know if I must also >> terminate both CD's as well, have >> you had experience with this SCSI card? And as Alan suggested do I >> gain >> performance rather than >> using MoBo SCSI? I've tried this and that I'm exhausted, HELP Thanks, > > Hi Phil, > > Only the last physical device on any SCSI bus should be terminated. > Other > devices should have the "self-termination" pins/jumpers removed. Given > the > proper hard drives, that SCSI card will greatly outperform the > internal SCSI > bus on your S900. (see Jeff Walthers reply) > > Here's a couple of really good url's that you should peruse... > http://www.macworld.com/1999/08/features/scsitable.html > and... > http://www.macworld.com/1999/08/features/scsi.html > > Booting from your CDROM drives is another issue altogether I think. > Providing you have appropriate drivers, you may want to try the "C" key > (which never worked for me), or using the "command/option/shift & > delete" > keys at startup. That last combination was the only thing that ever > allowed > me to boot from a CD with both my Matsushita, and my Pioneer CDROM > drives. > > The drivers issue is a big one. An Apple System Install CD that boots > wonderfully on an Apple PPC computer may not work on an S900. If the > S900 > had an Apple ROM'ed CDROM drive it would be fine, but the Matsushita > didn't > allow that, and who knows whether any given Yamaha drive will work > either. > Since the CD driver is embedded on the CD being used to boot from, an > incompatible drive isn't supported by that same driver, and booting > fails. I > can't think of a topic that's been discussed more consistently about > UMAX > Supermacs, than that issue of the Matsushita drive, the drivers > required, > and the bootability. > > -Howie
Howie and Jeff, "As Always...." I set up this 3rd machine in my basement, offiice/guest room as a way to learn a little more about "networking" its been fun. I often forget about "what I've learned from this list" and I struggle a bit more than I have to... I even have 2 old copys of the "Macintosh Bible" that I have forgotten about. Howie, thanks for those links I'll be reading. Its interesting what you mentioned about "bootability" I've always assumed the Matshita CR-506 was "not an issue" because I can boot from this drive from Mobo with no problem. "C"key or "Shift Option Control Delete" combinations. In setting up this S900, I'm using 9.2.2, I cloned the drive and installed. In doing this I found an extension conflict that may be another part of my problem here, "Toast CD Reader" I'm checking this out. My reasons for using the Adaptec 2930CU, were simply because, I too was given a B&W G3 sometime ago and removed the card for possible use in the Umax's and I wanted to understand SCSI. Jeff W... the PowerDomain Controller from Adaptec gives me control over "SCSI speed", but am I seeing any real benefit to the devices that are attached? CD drives and a scanner? And Jaquar...I am having a lot of fun (S900#1) and 9.2.2 (S900#2) via KVM switch a lot of discussion here, about Jaquar, very cool, a side note.. I have never had success loading OSX on an IDE drive and I have tried!!! Apple Restore or Carbon Copy has been my only method. SCSI to IDE. Question.. Diagnostic software for Jaquar... Listers what are you using? I need suggestions, I have a old copy of Alsoft's DiskWarrior I need to upgrade Please, Thank-you Phil Meza -- SuperMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | Service & Replacement Parts [EMAIL PROTECTED] | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> SuperMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/supermacs/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:supermacs@;mail.maclaunch.com> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:supermacs-off@;mail.maclaunch.com> For digest mode, email: <mailto:supermacs-digest@;mail.maclaunch.com> Subscription questions: <mailto:listmom@;lemlists.com> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/supermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
