Look for a copy of ATTO ExpressPro-Tools 2.82, it has a good built-in benchmarking utility that works with any hard drive and runs in OS 7.5.2 and later (68k and PPC). There should be a copy you can download on the net somewhere.
On Mon, Jun 3, 2013 at 10:40 AM, Doug McNutt <[email protected]>wrote: > At 08:59 -0500 6/3/13, Geoffrey Oltmans wrote, and I snipped a bunch: > >Well I tried the patched SC Setup but to no avail... wouldn't recognize > the drive. I did manage to get it working again though with a copy of FWB > HD Toolkit. The drive is now booting again on its own. Go figure. > > > > > > > >On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 10:17 AM, Nathan Raymond <<mailto: > [email protected]>[email protected]> wrote: > > > >Yes, I recommended the old HD SC Setup because it predates Drive Setup > (HD SC Setup was first introduced in 1986). Use HD SC Setup with System > 7.1 and earlier. Use Drive Setup with system 7.5 and later: > > > ><http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1249>http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1249 > > > > > >"Any time you install Mac OS versions 7.6, 7.6.1, 8.0, 8.1, 8.5, 8.5.1, > or 8.6 on your computer, you should use Drive Setup 1.7.3 to update the > driver on your hard disk again. If you are using a version of Mac OS prior > to 7.6, it is not necessary to use Drive Setup 1.7.3 to update your hard > disk drive. Note that Drive Setup 1.7.3 was tested with and is supported > with System 7.5 through Mac OS 8.6." > > > Working on a bunch of SE/30s that all have new capacitors installed by my > housekeeper who got laid off by TRW. I'm hoping to get them all running > system 7.5 > > The newest version of FWB, running on OS 9.1 an 8500 , I can't use the > various tests that I would like to use. FWB complains that the boot sectors > must be upgraded before I can access a disk with FWB's test routines. > > If I do the FWB update my SE/30's will not mount the disk. If I use > Apple's patched disk tools to install a boot sector everything is fine > except I can't run FWB tests. > > Yeah. Murphy's law comes to mind. Any ideas? I really need to do > sustained read/write tests. > > -- > > Fe++ > // \ > Fe++ Fe++ > | || > Fe++ Fe++ > \\ / > Fe++ > > -- > -- > ----- > 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 subscribed to the Google Groups > "Vintage Macs" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- -- ----- 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 subscribed to the Google Groups "Vintage Macs" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
