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From: nrh@buzz.bellcore.com (Nat Howard)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript
Subject: Hard Disks on a LaserWriter IINTX -- How?
Message-ID: <1991Feb23.011612.1876@bellcore.bellcore.com>
Date: 23 Feb 91 01:16:12 GMT
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Reply-To: nrh@buzz.bellcore.com (Nat Howard)
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Hi,

I've got a scsi disk, I've got a terminator, I've got a scsi
cable, and I've got a LaserWriter IINTX, but I've got no action.  
Here's the problem:

I attach this stuff together according to appendix A of my laserwriter 
II manual.

I switch on the disk first, wait a while, and then switch on the 
disk (which I've run connected to a MAC, so I know it and its cables work).

I use the chooser to choose the appropriate LaserWriter.
I run that "LaserWriter Font Utility" on the LaserWriter II Installation
Disk, and choose  "Initialize Printer's Disk" from the File menu.

Unfortunately the "Initialize Disk" button is grayed out.  
The "help" merely suggests turning on the disk first, which I do.

The manual says, a little vaguely:

	You can add different sizes of hard disk to the SCSI chain,
	but the LaserWriter IINTX must be able to tell what size a disk
	is.  This is possible with all Apple SCSI hard disks but not 
	with some other brands.  These disks cannot be connected to the 
	LaserWriter IINTX.


This had me going for a while, but our local SCSI expert tested it,
and the drive we're using responds correctly to "read capacity", and
even shows its size in the "mode sense" information. 

I've now tried two different disks with this baby.  This latest one had
the SCSI ID set to 1, if that helps.

I suppose I could buy an Apple Disk, but I'd really rather know what's
going wrong....

Thanks a lot for any help anyone can give me!