Hello Folks I have a IIci which I want to upgrade with a LaCie 6 Gb SE HD and I am having some problems.
I have tried formatting with the LaCie utilities which came with it (it's from an OS8 Power Mac, ver. 5.8.3 & also Lite) with no success. I do not have Silverlining 5.5 which is supposed to be the "best" version for this. I have formatted with a patched version of the Apple HDSC tools (7.3.5) I re-initialized the driver with this ver. When I try to install an OS (7.1, 7.5 from FD and 7.6 from CD) it goes just so far and fails (first disc of the FDs). The best I can do is format a partition (.5G) and copy OS 7.5 onto the HD and it will boot & run - BUT I cannot install software as the process fails. Word 5.1 appeard to install but when it came time to de-compress & complete the install it failed, disk error. Also I have an NEC external HD (D3827) which works fine with the originl Apple 80Mb HD (with a sticky spindle motor, the start of all of this.....) but with the La Cie (actually Quantum) the computer boots & shows all the drives but locks up all but the mouse movement. I think I may have an issue of HD formatting/driver but I haven't figured out how to get around it, any suggestions? Of course if I could get the NEC to work as a stand alone external or as the internal drive it would be OK, too.......but it doesn't appear to have internal termination and trying it internally with a terminated cable does not apear to work either. Would another formatting tool do the trick? Can one (or SL 3.5) be downloaded anywhere? It doesn't seem worth it to pay $ for a tool to try & see if it works especially if it is likely an obsolete tool! Tks! Dave R. -- 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> --> 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
