Thanks for the suggestions! (#1) Unfortunately, I have no way of hooking up the drive to my Mac, because I have a newer Mac without SCSI. AND, based on online forums, I know I need some kind of driver/tools/software package to format the Orb disks on my classic Mac (system 7.6.1). Does anybody have links to download this mystery software package? Can I just use Lido7 or MicroNet?
-Jake On Dec 19, 2011, at 4:36 AM, Gregg Eshelman <[email protected]> wrote: > --- On Sun, 12/18/11, Jake <[email protected]> wrote: > >> 1) a suitable driver and software package for a Castlewood Orb 2.2GB > > The "quick and dirty" method to get most any removable disk drive working > with a classic Mac System/OS. > > 1. Hook the drive up to a PC > > 2. If your target Mac format will be HFS, format the disk to FAT16 > > 3. If your target Mac format will be HFS+, format the disk to FAT32 > > 4. Connect the drive to your Mac, turn the drive power on and insert the disk > > 5. When the Mac asks if you want to initialize or eject the disk, choose > initialize > > 6. In a few seconds you'll have the disk in Mac format with the Apple disk > driver installed, in spite of it not having special Apple recognized firmware > > 7. A Mac does not need special drivers for removable disks (except CD/DVD) > *if* you have a disk in the drive during boot. It will load drivers off the > disk(s) into RAM and keep them in memory so you can swap disks. Using this > method it is best to have all the disks for a specific drive formatted with > the same driver. > > The low level filesystem structures of FAT16/HFS and FAT32/HFS+ are either > identical or close enough that a Mac has no problem quickly overwriting the > higher level stuff. > > I've done this with SyQuest and Iomega removable drives and I've also done it > with hard drives the same way. Format them then let your Mac initialize the > unknown drive. > > I've even done this to use a real hard drive with the Basilisk II Mac > emulator, but I only used FDISK to make it a single FAT16 partition then used > Mac OS 8.1 in the emulator to initialize it. That worked because without the > high level formatting Windows 98SE couldn't see and "latch onto" the drive. > > A good and cheap SCSI controller for the PC is an Adaptech 2940 single > channel, narrow SCSI PCI. Don't get a U (ultra), W (wide) or UW or U2W > because you'll either have to use the internal 50 pin narrow connector or get > a Wide/Ultra to Narrow external adapter. Some of the Wide/Ultra models might > not have the narrow internal connector. > > You'll need a high density 50 pin to DB25 or CEN50 cable for external > connections. > > The Adaptech's built in low level format also works to clean up problems that > can be caused by formatting software on a Mac. Once I had FWB HDT 4 screw up > creating a RAID and nothing I could find for Mac software could do anything > with any of the drives, until I low level formatted them with the Adaptech on > a PC. > > -- > ----- > You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs group. > The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our > netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To leave this group, send email to [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs > > Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/ -- ----- You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs group. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/
