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Re: GS and weird HD problem...

I've seen this effect when the jumpter controlling which scsi id the drive is to be selected was bad.... Try changing the jumper......

George Rachor


apple2pd@ground.ecn.uiowa.edu (ISCA AppleII Librarian) writes:

>From article <7nbbt5$na9$2@birch.prod.itd.earthlink.net>, by macfan@earthlink.net (Bill Brown):
>> Hi...
>> Just got a GS, system 6.0, 1.75 megs ram, Apple SCSI card...
>> 
>...
>> When I reboot, I get 14! (fourteen!) instances of hard drives on the desktop!
>> With messages like "Volume Quantum1 exists, eject or rename" yada, yada, 
>> multiple times...if I click "eject" the dialog box goes away, and some 
>> progress is made...
>> However, If I rename, and let the os just tag an extra digit on it, then I get 
>> an instance of "Please insert disk xxxx" when disk xxxx is mounted.
>> 
>> I'd really like to work with this machine...
>> can anyone help? Please?
>> (this one has me stumped...installed SCSI devices on Macs and PC's without any 
>> hitch...)
>> 

>SCSI Voodoo.  It is one of two problems:

>1)  Improper scsi chain termination, also perhaps term. power.

>2)  SCSI id conflict.  The GS Scsi card should be set to id=7.  The scsi
>boot drive (if the HD is a boot drive) should be next highest.  SCSI
>drives are accessed highest to lowest ID.  (Note: a RamFast SCSI controller
>does not have a SCSI ID.)

>Good luck!  I've seen your problem on my own systems.  Been there, done
>that.  It has been long enough ago that I forget which was the exact
>cause.  I use Apple High Speed SCSI controllers.

>  --Steve

>-- 

> --Steve  (apple2pd@ground.ecn.uiowa.edu)


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