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Article #823Re: Won't start !
From: David Byram-Wigfield
Date: Sun, 12 Jul 1998 00:00
Date: Sun, 12 Jul 1998 00:00
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In article <B1CD7DA8966844D8C@cara.demon.co.uk>, peter@cara.demon.co.uk (Peter Ceresole) wrote: >In article <B1CD67AD96682093EA@hearsay.demon.co.uk>, >slavins.at.hearsay.demon.co.uk@localhost (Simon Slavin) wrote: > >>Even though SCSI Probe is called what it is, it'll mount IDE drives >>too, as long as they're working correctly. I don't know if this >>just happened or whether it was done for backward compatibility. >>If the drive won't mount with SCSI Probe then not only is it not >>bootable but it's broken. See if Drive Setup will admit it exists. > >It all seems to have settled down: > >SCSIProbe 4.0 sees only the SCSI Zip drive in slot 6 and the un-named >device in slot 7, which I presume is the Mac's SCSI controller. Updating >makes no difference. > >Drive Setup sees all the drives but calls the SCSI Zip "not supported" on >bus 0, id 6. It sees the two HD partitions as the same ATA disk on bus 0, >id 0, the built in Zip as a "Zip 100" and the CD-ROM, both as ATA drives on >bus 1. > >If I ever wanted to reformat my larger, 3.5Gb partition as HFS+ (not yet >but maybe one day), what software would I use? > Re: Won't start! In article <B1C8F158966813768@cara.demon.co.uk>, peter@cara.demon.co.uk (Peter Ceresole) wrote: > Any thoughts on mounting these ATA drives after booting from the SCSI Zip? > A forlorn hope? Or is my system just being erratic? Peter, I have something called Red Line 2.0, which was able to reformat and mount a Syquest 44 that became invisible to every other utility you can shake a stick at; DFA, Norton, Spirit Mounter, SCSI probe, SilverLining Lite, Uncle Tom's Cobblers and all. David B-W - The TinyDict v2.0 ASCII->PS->PDF for PS Self-Printing Books http://www.cappella.demon.co.uk/index.html Cappella Archive, Foley Terrace, Malvern, WR14 4RQ UK
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 10b5a2,b46996a506101e6 X-Google-Attributes: gid10b5a2,public From: byram@removethis.cappella.demon.co.uk (David Byram-Wigfield) Subject: Re: Won't start ! Date: 1998/07/12 Message-ID: <byram-1207982038240001@cappella.demon.co.uk> X-Deja-AN: 370789096 X-NNTP-Posting-Host: cappella.demon.co.uk:158.152.137.133 References: <cN$XJDArcRn1EwGy@millington.demon.co.uk> <1dbo1q2.n7u26fkbzchpN@p41.nas1.is2.u-net.net> <B1C4DFF796682F6C1@0.0.0.0> <1dbp7dg.6r78bz1utkd9zN@p42.nas1.is2.u-net.net> <1dbpksz.d681e9bb99vkN@lunedale.demon.co.uk> <1dbpt7j.1hxyr16r5ttcN@p42.nas1.is2.u-net.net> <1dbrcy7.t68u7tu70jzuN@baboon-filt-61.rmplc.co.uk> <1dbtnii.1bh2kas5wvs4cN@p16.nas1.is2.u-net.net> <B1C8F158966813768@cara.demon.co.uk> <B1CD67AD96682093EA@hearsay.demon.co.uk> <B1CD7DA8966844D8C@cara.demon.co.uk> X-Trace: news.demon.co.uk 900272056 nnrp-02:15943 NO-IDENT cappella.demon.co.uk:158.152.137.133 Organization: Cappella Archive Newsgroups: demon.tech.mac X-Complaints-To: abuse@demon.net