Re: How do I hook up a SCSI HD?

[dreamer@ods.sol.net]

IB>In article <3fmc83$85n@canopus.cc.umanitoba.ca> Alexander
IB>David Wiebe,
IB>umwieb81@news.cc.umanitoba.ca writes:
IB>>lower slot # then the floppy drive?)  I've heard that
IB>I'll need
IB>>partitioning software for any hard drive bigger then
IB>32MB, could someone
IB>>post it to the binaries news group (along with doc's)?
IB>What version of
IB>>ProDOS do I need to handle the hard drive? 2.x?

IB>The card came with Apple (copyrighted) software for
IB>partitioniong, etc. There are some freeware(?) utils
IB>floating around (diskhacker?) to do some of this.

The software that came with the card is garbage.  As you pointed out it
can only do two partitions.  I found a program that will allow you to do
up to 7 partitions (for a total of 229Mb).  It's called "SCSI Hard Drive
Utilities V0.98" (C) Craig Peterson.  This will also allow you to get
the manufacturer's info off the HD, test the HD, format and/or partition
the HD, including choosing the interleave.  If there's something better
someone tell me!

IB>generally no problem. If larger, then only Prodos
IB>2.X+ (?) will "remap" the extra partitions (up to
IB>six?) into "empty" slots so you can access them.

If I recall correctly, it'll handle up to 7 partitions total, no matter
how many devices it is.  You can have a total of twelve
devices/partitions, including disk drives.

IB>But(?) the supplied 8-bit partitioning software
IB>probably only lets you create two partitions.

Yup.

To the original poster - write to me and I can send you the software and
try to explain how to use it.  The interleave is the only problem.

Speaking of interleave - does anyone have a chart or something that
tells what interleave to use based on which card and/or accelerator
you're using?  I had to test until I found the optimal selection with a
4MHz Zip and Rev C card was about 3 or 4.

Give what you would like to receive,
Glenn
Lord Wilderness


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