Subject: Re: SCSI troubles
From: Gavin Hemphill (hemphill@drea.dnd.ca)
Date: Mon Oct 29 2001 - 16:39:26 MST
You need to look closely at the termination jumpers on the drives in
your original configuration. Make sure that if the first drive in the
chain (physical not SCSI ID) is terminated then the replacement must be
as well. Similarly if the last drive is terminated and you add another
drive, remove the termination and make sure the last drive is terminated.
G++
Kjell Konis wrote:
> I just bought a 9500MP that came with two hard drives (both apple
> branded), a 1 gig with ID 0 and a 4 gig with ID 4 and a CDrom with ID 3.
> I have another 4 gig non apple drive that I want to use instead of the 1
> gig drive. So I installed OS9 on a 500MB HFS partition of the 4 gig apple
> drive and gave it ID 0 and I put the non apple 4 gig drive in with ID 4.
> When I booted the computer hung with a smiley mac in the center of the
> screen. When I booted off a CD the computer got as far a loading the
> finder but then hung when it was tring to mount the hard drives. So I
> removed the 4 gig non apple drive because I thought I might have a SCSI
> conflict (I didn't though) and I had the same problem, the computer hangs
> as soon it tries to mount the 4 gig apple drive. For some reason I put
> the 1 gig drive back in with ID 4 and that made everything work. I could
> boot OS9 off the 4 gig apple drive (and I managed to install YDL2 on it).
> So, long story short, the 4 gig apple drive only works when the 1 gig
> apple drive is also on the chain. The 1 gig drive and the 4 gig non-apple
> drive each work by themselves. Any ideas/suggestions as to what's going
> on would be appreciated.
>
> Kjell
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