My Reply follows quote. On 07/01/2006 13:50 [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: >Dana Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>On 1/6/06 8:28 PM, Dominic F. Manno of [EMAIL PROTECTED] sent >> >>> I have a beige G3 that I bought used. When I received it it had a >>> 20GB hard drive as well as a 2GB hard drive that apparently became >>> disconnected in transit. I didn't need it so I left it alone until >>> yesterday, when I wanted to install more RAM and a 1GB Jaz drive. >>> >>> I can't get the machine to recognize the Jaz drive. It does see the >>> 2GB HD, which is connected to the same ribbon cable and the same >>> power cable (there are two connectors on each). >> >>Hi Dominic, >>I am presuming you have a rev. 2 beige G3? (which can recognize two HDs on >>the same primary ATA bus), which would mean you want to chain the JAZ drive >>with the CD-ROM (if this is not accurate, correct it so we have a better >>idea of your system). >>In either case, one of the devices must be set to master, and the other to >>slave - traditionally in Macs, the CD-ROM is the master and the removable >>media drive is set to slave - the other caveat is that the master device >>must be at the end of the cable, with the slave in the middle port/socket on >>the cable (the board's host port is the other end of the cable). > >I do have a Rev. 2. I'd have to reopen the case to be sure, but when >I was in there the cable didn't look long enough to chain the Jaz to >the CD-ROM. > >How do I set the devices to master/slave? --------- The beige G3 has two internal IDE busses and one internal SCSI bus with connectors on the logic board. Each IDE bus can have one master and one slave device. The choice of master or slave is generally set by a jumper on the back of the device. I think that in order to be "bootable" the hard drive needs to be a master.
The Jaz drive could be either SCSI or IDE. Rather than continue to guess, can you tell which type of devices you have. Ken -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.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/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
