Re: [HELP]: SCSI Chain Problems...

[Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net>]

Karl Asha writes ...
> 
> I seem to be running across some problems with my scsi chain on my IIgs.
> I have an apple HS SCSI card with an oem ibm drive in an external case
> (it was originally the case for a 20 meg mac external drive), and an
> applecd 150 on the end with an external terminator.
> 
> The applecd has an scsi id of 5, and the hard drive 0. If I try and
> boot from the scsi card with the cdrom drive turned on, I get
> an 'scsi boot error'. If I turn the cdrom drive off and try again, it
> boots up just fine.
>

     Try setting your HD's ID to 6. The drive you plan to boot from
should have the highest ID number on a SCSI chain. Since some interface
cards use ID 7, the usual ID for a boot drive is 6.

 
> If I boot the system from my focus drive, with both the scsi hard drive and
> the cdrom drive on, they work perfectly soon as the system comes up.
>

     Since the boot is from the non-SCSI Focus drive, this makes sense.

 
> To sumarrize, when booting from the scsi card, the cdrom drive has to be
> turned off. When booting from the focus drive, both devices can be on and
> work fine.
>
 ....

     Setting the ID of the SCSI HD to 6 should fix things.



Rubywand