Thanks, John! I am definitely the guy trying to initialize a J-700. I am sorry if I have seemed to have ignored any help you may have offered in the past. I've been somewhat overwhelmed with advice from this very knowledgeable and eager group. I have spent a *lot* of time on this project, much more than I ever anticipated. Here's where I am at this point in time: I get a Mac disk icon with a question mark when I boot up. If I try to boot from the CD-ROM, I get a frozen screen. I have managed to get the computer to boot up from a Disk Tools floppy disk. I have used the Drive Set-Up version 7.3.5. Drew Beckett stated that "If you're using the copy of Apple HD SC Setup included in the System 7.5.3 Disk Tools, then it will refuse to work on any drive that isn't Apple-branded. You're not SOL yet though. Verify that your copy of Apple HD SC Setup is version 7.35Download this patch: http://public.www.planetmirror.com/pub/info-mac/_Disk_&_File/apple-hd-sc-setup-735-patch.hqx."; I have tried this and haven't been able to get this to pull up.
Anyway, when I try to initialize a hard drive from my boot floppy, it tells me it is unsupported (either of them). I suspect the original HD is DOA, so I have picked up a Seagate 19 gig SCA drive with an adapter from one on line shop and a 4 gig IBM 50 pin SCSI drive from a guy on eBay who specializes in Mac SCSI drives. He claims to have formatted the HD with Apple Drive Set-Up (he didn't specify which version) and checked for bad blocks with FWB HD Toolkit (BTW I do have a copy of HD Toolkit ver. 2.0.1). Currently I have the SCSI bus set up with the 4 gig HD as the Master (terminated with ID=0) and the Seagate HD as the slave (ID=2). I would prefer to load OS 9.1 via the CD-ROM, but thus far this has not been possible. I have a version of FWB CD-ROM Toolkit on my C-500 that I can copy but obviously I can't use it until I have a functional hard drive with a system folder on it. I also know from my personal experience that I have to pull the FWB CD-ROM Toolkit out of the extensions folder on the C-500 when I wish to boot from a CD disk. I have 512 meg of Fast Page RAM (new) interleaved). I know the computer is functional, but the SCSI bus has me stumped. One list member suggested I go to www.scsifaq.com, which I have done. There's a lot of good info there, even if it is primarily oriented at the evil empire of MS. I learned a lot at this site, but I'm still a no go, at this point. Any advice you may have to offer would be greatly appreciated. Scott Birdwell DeFalco's Home Wine & Beer Supplies ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Albert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2003 8:34 AM Subject: j700 > Hello - > > Are you the fellow trying to get a hard drive initialized on a j700? > > Seems I tried to help you earlier, pointing the way to some solutions, but I > sense you didn't pay attention to them. > > I can _solve_ your problems, if you're willing to take a little > time/correspondence with me - your choice. > > - John -- SuperMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | Service & Replacement Parts [EMAIL PROTECTED] | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> SuperMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/supermacs/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/supermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
