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From: beecher@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu (Ben Beecher)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: getting hard disk SCSI address
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Date: 18 Oct 90 15:56:24 GMT
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Several people have told me you can find out the SCSI address of a
hard disk by selecting the disk icon and using Get Info.  This doesn't
always work, however.  If I select my internal hard disk and invoke
the Get Info command it tells me "Rodime hard disk" instead of "SCSI 0".

I am curious how this works.  I am guessing that the manufacturer stores
its name in the disk drive's ROM and the Get Info command will only show
the SCSI address if the drive name is absent.  Am I right?

Ben