Re: SCSI drive troubles

[jblass@cibbs.UUCP]

cxdb14@wsuhub.uc.twsu.edu (RANDY) writes:

> I am trying to get a 52 mb Quantum drive partitioned to work with my IIgs wit
> high speed SCSI card. I already have a 30 mb Seagate drive hooked up. The
> Quantum is connected to the card, and the Seagate to the Quantum. I was able
> to get GS/OS to recognize the drive only by formatting the entire drive as an
> HFS folume. When I did this, all sorts of mayhem occurred when I tried to put
> files on it, such as "generic FST error"s and having the finder lock up or
> crash into the monitor. I then tried to partition it with ADU, Chinook SCSI
> utilities, and the high speed SCSI card utilities. I kept getting brain dead
> partitions, eg with the bit maps located at the end of the volumes, and
> not being able to be fixed with a block editor because the write failed. 
> The drive's partitions always cause the finder to choke and I get i/o errors
> when I catalog under ProDOS. Copying files to them causes the volumes to be
> trashed. Each utility's verify function finds no bad blocks on the drive,
> and the Seagate drive functions perfectly when chained to the drive. The
> guy who sold it says my software can't handle Quantum drives, and I need to
> try it on a Mac. I'm starting to think the drive is toast. Any ideas? Kindly
> reply rather than following up as I want to get it going ASAP.
> --
> Randy
> cxd14@wsuhub.uc.twsu.edu

 Hmmmm....
  It seems that you are having the same kind of problems that I encountered
when I tried to hook up my 2 new Quantum drives....
  First thing .. Is the External case that you are using EXTERNALLY terminated?
If it is then you have to remove the INTERNAL termination that comes with ALL
Quantum drives...
 You can do this by looking at the bare drive upside down and removing the 3
terminator resistors at the back of the drive .. (On the Circuit board by the
SCSI connector) They look like small black strips with 8 pins in them..
 I found this to be my problem as I was faced with the dreaded DOUBLE
TERMINATION.. And that will cause you untold pain....
 
Just trying to help.
Me.

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