I had the same problem with a 4gb IBM SCSI drive and Mac OS 9.1. Drive set up would not see it. I had to use RESEDIT to get Drive set up. go to:
http://macfaq.org/hardware/harddisk.shtml It has the directions. Hope this helps! With mine I had no problem with OSX after I formated it in OS 9.1. Greg On Sunday, July 14, 2002, at 01:04 PM, Nancy Haitz wrote: >> Terry Allen wrote: >> I wonder has got any suggestions here. I have a Blue & White G3 >> which I pulled the IBM 9es 9GB 68 pin drive out of & I have fitted it >> to my >> 9600. I have it plugged into the bus with a 50-68 pin adapter, but >> OSX 9 >> drive setup can't see it at the moment. I am about to reboot into OSX, >> but >> wondered if anyone had had any success getting those drives to work. > > Terry, > > I am working on a similar issue replacing a 4 GB drive in my 9600 that > died recently. I am replacing it with an 18 GB IBM 68 pin drive that is > adapted to 50 pin. I got it to show up by Booting from the OS 9.1 CD > and using the Drive Setup on the CD. > > In addition to the SCSI ID, also jumper Auto Start and Disable Unit > Attention. > > My drive will show up and can be formatted, written to, etc. I am still > having problems getting it to mount reliably from a cold start. (It > always shows up on a reboot) So, I will be tinkering with other issues > on it this evening. > > On thing that IBM mentions in their troubleshooting issues, that may be > useful in your case is, termination. They highly recommend putting the > drive at the end of the SCSI chain and terminating the SCSI chain by > jumpering Enable Active Termination on the drive. Apparently with the > adapter, you are in fact leaving those other 18 pins on the drive > unterminated, if it is in the middle of the chain. > > I am working in OS 9.1, so I don't know how it will fare in OSX. I am > planning to install OS X on the 9600, but am still working out other > issues. > > Nancy -- Unsupported OS X is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Unsupported OS X list info <http://lowendmac.com/lists/unsupported.html> 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/unsupportedosx%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
