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Article #48074Re: SCSI hard drive question
From: Philip Meech
Date: Sat, 09 Apr 2005 18:08
Date: Sat, 09 Apr 2005 18:08
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pedro wrote: > David C. wrote: > >> pedro <pedro@nowhere.com> writes: >> >> >>> 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? >>> >> >> >> Apple's Drive Setup utility, when used on SCSI drives, doesn't >> generally like to work with third-party drives. Which is annoying, >> since it works just fine with third-party IDE drives. >> >> As someone else wrote, a third-party formatting tool should work. >> >> I know of three, all of which are commercial products. >> >> CharisMac's Anubis ($89): >> http://www.charismac.com/Products/Anubis >> >> LaCie's SilverLining. Unfortunately, I think this utility can no longer >> be purchased as a standalone product. It is bundled with many LaCie >> products. >> >> FWB's Hard Disk Toolkit ($89): >> http://www.fwb.com/html/hard_disk_toolkit.html >> >> -- David >> >> > > 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? > > There are some definite limits, but I can't remember whether it is 1 or 2 gigs. MacTracker should tell you. www.mactracker.com. If you initialize and then partition with FWB HD Toolkit, it should work.
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