Peter, Thanks for replying to my email.
In between sending the original email & your reply, this is what I have actually done. I've tried the disk (Seagate ST32151N ) in an Apple IIsi & the disk formats with Apple HD SC Setup vB1-7.3.5 with no problems & it can take an install of Apple Macintosh System 7.6 from CD with no problems. I have tried a 80Mb HDD (Apple Drive) in the Apple Macintosh IIci & perform the same operation & the IIci is now reporting "Sorry, A System Error Occurred. Bus Error, To Temporary turn off Extensions, restart and hold down the shift key" - This would suggest that I have a SCSI Bus Problem on the IIci. Any Ideas of how I can fix this, Assume a New Motherboard ? Never Mind, Upwards & onwards. Kind Regards Geraint Searle ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter da Silva" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Compact Macs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, August 29, 2004 3:39 PM Subject: Re: Problems with Formating an Seagate ST32151N with an Apple Macintosh IIci & OS7.5/7.6 + Anubis 2.54 > First question: can you used any hard drive in this computer > successfully? If not, you may have a computer hardware problem. > But assuming it's just this drive... > > > 1. Received an Seagate ST32151N from a Supplier that hade already > > pre-formatted. > > Technically, all drives a pre-formatted at the factory. Formatting > programs don't actually format SCSI or ATA drives, the drive firmware > does that. What they do is initialise the partitions and in the > case of Macs install a driver that understands their partitioning > scheme. > > Anyway, this is already a bad sign. Don't buy pre-formatted Mac > hard drives, because there are formatting programs out there that > can force even terminally sick drives to pass quite a lot of testing. > Why they have this feature, I don't know: any SCSI drive that shows > any uncorrectable hard errors, or otherwise fails to perform, is > is almost certainly going to fail for good in the not-too-distant > future. > > I won't say the vendor was trying to scam you, because they may > well not understand this point. When I went through this they said > "these are used drives, you can't expect them to be perfect"... > no, sorry, disk drives don't work that way... either the firmware > can hide any errors, or it's terminal. Get them to replace the > drive, and reformat it when it gets in to make sure it's not a bad > drive with the uncorrectable defects hidden. > > Incidentally, the drives I had the problems with were also Seagate > Hawks. I wonder if it was the same vendor. > > > -- > Compact Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/>. > > Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> > > Compact Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.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/compact.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > >The Think Different Store > http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com > --------------------------------------------------------------- > -- Compact Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/>. Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Compact Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.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/compact.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
