Re: SCSI Hard drive problems . . .

[wbdesnoy@acs2.acs.ucalgary.ca (Byron Desnoyers Winmill)]

Rubywand (rubywand@swbell.net) wrote:
: > One of the (several) problems which I have with my IIgs configuration is a
: > finicky SCSI hard drive.  The problem is that I do not know if it is because
: > of the controller, or hard drive, or of even deeper problems.

: If the problem is with sticky seek mechanisms, you _may_ be able to get
: around it (for a while) by starting everything as usual except booting ProDOS
: from diskette. Let the ProDOS Startup program give the HD a workout-- e.g.

That sounds like an excellent idea, only I goofed by formatting the hard
drive and it does not want add a new partition table.  So it kind of leaves
me wondering, are there any good diagnostic tools for SCSI hard drives on
the Apple II (or, maybe, Macintosh), so that I can get to the bottom of
this.  (I don't imaging that anythink can say if the seek mechanism is
sticky, but the part about the partition table seems to be suggesting an
actual problem with the media.)

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