Well, like I said, I know the drive, scsi cable, power supply are all good, since I have my SE board in that case right now, running System 7.1 off of a 340 meg hard disk. (Which I installed using that SE/30 before it failed.)
I'd love to try out those formatting tools, but I can't get the machine to see any device on the SCSI chain. HDSC setup and the hacked version of HDSC setup both claim that the scsi chain is not terminated. It's not that the drive isn't formatted, it's got a working install of OS 7.1. It's just not visible with the SE/30 board. -s On Friday, November 8, 2013 10:08:36 PM UTC-5, The Old Geek wrote: > > ccee > The method I used is, with a known-working internal and external floppy > drive, is boot a system 6.0.8. disk find and use the Micromat system 6 > removable and internal disk utility. > > Another, easier to find utility is the usually fail-proof La > CieSilverlining which I will use in a bootable System 7.5 environment. If > that drive is mountable, the La Cie utility will "indoctrinate" it to a > mounted condition. > > Many folks don't like Silverlining because of the problems it manifested > in System 7. But it, along with Lido 7.5.6, which wants system 7.1 to OS8.x > to work, almost always, for me anyway, made a rogue hard disk appear on the > desktop. > > I want to be absolutely sure that the hard drive isn't bad so I look at > the SCSI cable, motherboard connector and drive connector conditions (i.e > bent or missing pins), and potentially missing terminators on the hard > drive's controller board. I look at drive-controller jumpers and use Google > to see if these are set correctly (from the maufacturer's site or other > trusted sites). > > To foolproof my testing, I will connect the drive to an Adaptec SCSI Card > in a Pentium II or III PC and run MHDD, which is a bootable Linux-based CD > that checks sectors for condition, and can repair damaged sectors > software-wise, AND format the drive with MHDD. > > This opens the door for the La CieSilverlining to take charge and make a > working drive Mac-accessible, IF it's not toast. > > Jeff > > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Scott Lawrence <[email protected] <javascript:>> > *To:* [email protected] <javascript:> > *Sent:* Friday, November 8, 2013 4:27 PM > *Subject:* Re: SE30 SCSI Repair Questions > > Yes. The drive is running. It does it's startup seek, same as if it were > unplugged or when it was plugged into the SE motherboard. It takes it a few > moments then it shows the ? Mac icon. > > > -- > -- > ----- > You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs > group. > The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our > netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]<javascript:> > To leave this group, send email to > [email protected]<javascript:> > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs > > Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Vintage Macs" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. <javascript:> > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- -- ----- You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs group. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Vintage Macs" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
