>I'm trying to upgrade the hard drive in my IIci from the original 80MB >Quantum ProDrive to a 1280MB Quantum Fireball TM (both are internal drives). >Both the original and the replacement are SCSI ID 0 and termination enabled. >No other SCSI devices are installed. There was nothing wrong with the >original drive other than it was too small and too old. Upon trying to >prepare the new drive for installing OS 7.0.1 I ran into problems. Apple HD >SC Setup (v7.0.1) does not see the drive but gives me an error message: >"Drive selection failed. Unable to locate a suitable drive connected to the >SCSI port." When I try using SCSIProbe (v4.3), it sees the drive but won't >let me select it. If I try to mount it (even though it doesn't indicate >"selected"), I get a different error message: "The large volume connected to >your computer cannot be used because a 68040 or PowerPC CPU is required for >volume sizes larger than 4 gigabytes." I haven't a clue why it thinks this >drive is bigger than 4 GB! I pulled the new drive back out and initialized >and partitioned (single HFS) it on another machine and stuck it back in; no >change in behavior. I disabled the termination and still no change. Have you >got any tricks up your sleeve that I should be trying?
Maybe you should try formatting it with another disk utility, like lido or the micronet utility. BTW disabling termination doesnt' sound like a really good idea. -- ---------------------------------------------------------- Check out the System 6 Heaven: http://www.euronet.nl/users/mvdk/system_6_heaven.html Subscribe to the LEM system6 list: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ---------------------------------------------------------- -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Vintage Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml> The FAQ: <http://macfaq.org/> --> 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/vintage.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
