My "cure-most" for SCSI drives that give my Macs a fit is to plug them into the Adaptec 2940 PCI SCSI controller in my PC and use the built in low level formatter in the controller. Then if it's going to HFS on the Mac I FDISK it on the PC as FAT16, if it's going into a PowerMac I FDISK it as FAT32 for HFS+ reformatting.
That usually gets it over any "bumps" on the Mac. Apparently the low level structures of FAT16/HFS and FAT32/HFS+ are very similar. Usually can just let the Mac erase the unknown drive. If the Adaptec won't touch a drive, it is truly toast. ===== "If all the young people in America were to act as you intend to act, the country would be defenseless and easily delivered into slavery." Albert Einstein in a letter to a pacifist, 1941. __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Shopping - Send Flowers for Valentine's Day http://shopping.yahoo.com -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Vintage Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml> The FAQ: <http://macfaq.org/> --> 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/vintage.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
