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From: pcolby@robbie.prime.com (Peter Colby)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac,comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: Mac SCSI hard disk installation software
Keywords: hard disk, SCSI
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Date: 31 Oct 88 15:59:14 GMT
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In article <3059@dalcs.UUCP> armstrng@dalcs.UUCP (Stan Armstrong) writes:
>.... I used a
>Seagate 277N SCSI drive from Hard Drives International, an AppleHive box
>from Tulin, a cable from Altex, and Ephraim Vishniac's SF&I for the software.
>Seagate supplied me with the information I needed to configure the
>software....well, almost.
>
>There is a problem remaining. I am unable to get the Finder to mount the
>drive. The disk is formatted, and the driver works (I am able to mount the
>drive using the SCSI Bus cdev), but Finder can't find it. (I know you can't
>boot with the earlier versions of the MacPlus ROM's, but even if I disable the
>Unit Attention, the drive won't mount from a floppy startup.)
>
When I first installed my hard disk I had the same problem. I build an HD using
an Adaptec 4000A controller, a CDC WRENII (70MB), a generic (PC) power supply
box, and other random (but necessary) hardware. I used SF&I (1.0) to actually
install and format the drive. (I used the SDRV version that supported blind
reads). Immediately after formatting, the drive mounted from the finder. However
when I restarted the mac, I hung in bootup. I booted from the floppy again and
checked the drive with no problems. The next time I turned on the mac my hard
disk booted fine!!

No, I don't know what the problem was, and at this stage I don't remember doing
an additional install. After running for a couple of weeks, I mucked about with
the SF&I resources to change the interleave on my drive from 1:1 to 1:3. I also
entered the manufacturers defect list and reformatted and installed. This time
I had no problem at all.

One suggestion in your case would be to try one of the alternate drivers
included with SF&I. Thinking about it now, I may have gone from the non-blind
driver to one of the blind drivers to get my disk to boot. So your problem
could be a driver problem (the driver is responsible for notifying the
Finder that it has a drive to mount.) -OR-, if your drive isn't ready when
the mac goes through it's boot sequence the driver itself may not be
installed from the HD and of course the drive won't mount then.

>I would also be interested in hearing about other installer, formatter, driver
>software which might tailor my SCSI drive for the Mac.
>
I have heard glowing reports about something called Silver Server from LaCie and
I intend to get it as soon as MacConnection gets some more in. However, I know
that Silver Server works with an Adaptec controller. If you are interested I
would call LaCie (or MacConnection) to find out if it will also support the
Seagate drive you have. The proce quote I had from MacConnection was $95.

Good Luck

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