No joy...Apple Disk Setup's "Format and Initialize" fails. Repeatedly.
Anyone having any success with any other industrial-strength tools to do this? Has anyone used this SIGG UltraSCSI card with success? Has anyone used these (IBM Ultrstar DPSS-318350N 18Gb) drives sucessfully? Dennis Moser >I used to have disk issues galore when trying to install OS X on my >"unsupported" mac. I tried FWB Disk Tools, DiskWarrior, etc etc. >A really simple solution helped me out: Apple Disk Setup. >Try doing a zero, low level reformat of your hard drives with Apple's >Disk Setup and don't forget to select the "update drivers" option. This >usually works > >--Bondster!! >> Has anyone seen this before? Any experience with this PCI card? Any >> experience with these drives? I really can't simply pop an adapter on >> to >> the SCSI connector of these IBM drives and swap them over, one for two, >> with my Seagates, though that had been my original idea. That's why I >> bought the SIIG card, which would actually give me more flexibility >> with >> making the move over to Jaguar. >> >> For what it's worth, I have been completely successful with using XPF >> to >> get OS X 10.1.5 running on a straight stock 7600 with 128 Mb ram, on >> two 4 >> Gb drives and a 13" Apple RGB monitor. We use it as a web- and >> fileserver >> (http:angrek.net) and while not blazingly fast, is actually a >> comfortable >> working environment. So I'm not a complete newbie with this. >> >> Dennis Moser >> >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "That so few now dare to be eccentric, marks the chief danger of the time" --John Stuart Mill (1806-73) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -- 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> --> 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/unsupportedosx%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
