2 q's : Dead Vulcan & gs <--> mac interconnection

[AJMCD4@cfs02.cc.monash.edu.au (Andrew Mc. Donald)]

Hi all.... sorry about the previous post....  getting used to tin for 
windows.... ugh!


Ok....  the questions, if someone would be so kind to answer any of them   :

1.  A friend of mine called me the other day saying that his 40 meg Vulcan hd 
had died.  I asked him for symptoms...  He said :
      a.  Turn on the gs.  The Vulcan light goes on for a little while, then 
turns off.
      b.  The gs can't read slot 7, ctrl panel setting is on scan, so it 
attempts to read slot 5 next, which contains the Vulcan utility disk.
      c.  The Vulcan utility disk loads for a while, then stops.  After a few 
minutes, the Vulcan light turns on again, fires up, then dies.
      d.  The Vulcan utility disk continues loading, but does not recognise 
the hd.   (As can be expected!!!   -  I'd be worried if it did!!)
It sounds like "stiction" (i.e. hd grease is sticking and slowing the hd down 
to a unreadable speed) to me, but i'm not sure.  The question is :  If it is a 
problem with the actual physical hd rather than the controller, where can one 
obtain a new hd to replace the broken one?  Obviously, I would need to know 
the type of hd  (Quantum 40??).  Also, can you attach any size hd to the 
controller, or can the controller only address 40 meg?



Secoond question :

2.    He also wants to hook his gs up to his Macintosh LC, so that his gs can 
access the Mac's hd.  How is this possible??  (Please don't say a null modem 
link   !!!  :)   )   He basically wants some kind of Client <--> server 
relationship, I'd expect.   Can the GS, mac and hd be joined in a scsi chain?  
I'm quite sure this had been debated here on csa2 before....  sorry if it's a 
faq!

Thanking you all in anticipation!!!   :)

Donny