--- Mark Benson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: <clip> > This is common practice. I now flatout refuse to buy > any Quantum 68- > pin or 80-pin SCSI drives because if they have been > near a Compaq, > Dell, IBM or HP server the firmware is always > butchered. Look around > for Seagate Cheetah and Seagate Barracuda drives. > They are typically > better drives, quieter and Seagate did not allow (to > my knowledge) > any firmware blocks that disallow use of the > firmware on other machines.
What I usually do with SCSI drives that give me guff on a Mac is to low level format them on an Adaptec 2940 PCI SCSI controller in a PC. There's no operating system involved since it runs from the BIOS on the controller. If you're converting SCA80 drives to some other type of connector, make sure the adaptor has jumpers for setting ALL the functions common on those drives. Macs need autostart enabled since no desktop* Mac sends start signals on the SCSI bus. Also turn any autostart delay OFF. Everything on the external SCSI bus has to be up and running before booting the Mac. Spindle Sync should be off, so should Parity because Macs don't use it on SCSI. *The servers that didn't run the Mac System or Mac OS did. On drives that have more than one set of ID jumpers, use only one set, leaving all the jumpers off the other sets. Another important thing is termination power. At most two devices should be set to send termination power to the bus. The rest should be set to off or only self. The ones set to send it to the bus can be set to both (power the bus and themselves), many newer devices only have the bus only and both settings. It will be total Fandemonium! August (Fri) 4th, (Sat) 5th & (Sun) 6th, 2006 http://www.fandemonium.org __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 http://mail.yahoo.com -- 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/> iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
