From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jun 8 12:01:02 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3011516A41C for ; Wed, 8 Jun 2005 12:01:02 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from dkelly@HiWAAY.net) Received: from smtp.knology.net (smtp.knology.net [24.214.63.101]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id AE1B443D55 for ; Wed, 8 Jun 2005 12:01:01 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from dkelly@HiWAAY.net) Received: (qmail 22664 invoked by uid 0); 8 Jun 2005 12:01:00 -0000 Received: from user-69-73-60-132.knology.net (HELO ?10.0.0.6?) (69.73.60.132) by smtp1.knology.net with SMTP; 8 Jun 2005 12:01:00 -0000 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v730) In-Reply-To: <42A68ADC.9040900@sasktel.net> References: <42A4FD3F.70407@pacific.net.sg> <44y89mb1e0.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> <20050607175303.GA96525@Grumpy.DynDNS.org> <42A62D8D.2020100@digitalarcadia.net> <30399E44-07C0-4F3B-9B1C-9F4B2E020E9C@HiWAAY.net> <42A6617A.5010908@sasktel.net> <42A68ADC.9040900@sasktel.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: <5FB79EC1-5314-46F4-AF48-C65D5D90E7AF@HiWAAY.net> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: David Kelly Date: Wed, 8 Jun 2005 07:00:28 -0500 To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.730) Subject: Re: apple moving to x86 X-BeenThere: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Non technical items related to the community List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 08 Jun 2005 12:01:02 -0000 On Jun 8, 2005, at 1:06 AM, Stephen Hurd wrote: > David Kelly wrote: >> >> No, "Apple SC Setup" would not do a non-Apple SCSI drive. This >> might have changed with MacOS 9. MacOS X has never complained >> about any IDE HD I have tried. >> > > I never had a problem and was using either System 6 or System 7 > (Never could justify shelling out for an OS for them) > I don't remember *exactly* how I did it, but since they didn't have > Internet connectivity at the time, nor a modem, I must have used > stuff that came with the system. Also, I don't remember any > difficulties at all. Not to say I didn't have any at all, this was > years ago, but since this was among the very first things I ever > did with my very own Mac, I believe I would remember having issues > such as "cannot partition the drive". The larger SCSI HDs still > persist in being the only drive in those systems. I also remember > at work having gobs of external SCSI HDs hanging off of almost > every Mac... very few of which had the Apple of happiness on the > front. > I suppose if I got *really* curious, I could fire 'em up and take a > peek. I doubt I will though. 3rd party SCSI hard drives for the Mac almost always came pre- formatted. And always with a 3rd party driver on floppy unless one purchased a raw drive. At most set the SCSI ID and termination and one was up and running. A simple "Get Info" on the drive icon will list the driver being used. -- David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@HiWAAY.net ======================================================================== Whom computers would destroy, they must first drive mad.