Re: SCSI hard drive question

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From: pedro
Date: Sat, 09 Apr 2005 03:11

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Brian Paul Ehni wrote:


>On 4/5/05 8:35 AM, in article vuw4e.1138$5F3.702@news-server.bigpond.net.au,
>"pedro" <pedro@nowhere.com> wrote:
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>  
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>>Hi all!  :)
>>
>>I bought a 9.1 gig SCSI hard drive for my PowerMac 7300/180, but when I
>>ran Drive Setup, and cliked on the drive, I got the message -
>>
>>'Cannot modify a disk with non 512 byte sectors'
>>
>>and the initialize button is greyed out so I cannot initialize it. Does
>>this mean that I cannot use this drive? Or is there some way around this?
>>
>>TIA,
>>
>>    
>>
>
>Sounds like you've got a drive formatted in a way Mac's don't understand.
>Also, it is likely that your drive is not supported by Apple's Drive Setup,
>which means you need a third-party solution.
>
>Try looking for LaCie "Silverlining" or FWB's HD Toolkit.
>  
>


I did manage to get some TP programs, but I still cannot get it to 
install. Are there some limitations with regards my Mac PM7300 and/or OS 
version 8.1 and/or the design or size of some drives perhaps?


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