From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon May 29 03:01:58 1995 Return-Path: hackers-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) id DAA23544 for hackers-outgoing; Mon, 29 May 1995 03:01:58 -0700 Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) with ESMTP id DAA23536 for ; Mon, 29 May 1995 03:01:56 -0700 Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.9/8.6.9) id TAA07237; Mon, 29 May 1995 19:40:44 +0930 From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199505291010.TAA07237@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: Problems when adding a 3rd SCSI drive To: taob@gate.sinica.edu.tw (Brian Tao) Date: Mon, 29 May 1995 19:40:44 +0930 (CST) Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.org In-Reply-To: from "Brian Tao" at May 29, 95 02:11:44 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24] Content-Type: text Content-Length: 1400 Sender: hackers-owner@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Brian Tao stands accused of saying: > > On Sun, 28 May 1995 pritc003@maroon.tc.umn.edu wrote: > > > > Rodime 3085S disk drive ID 5 <---- this is the drive I'm trying to add > > Just a wild guess here... the Rodime drive was originally intended > for use on a Macintosh, was it? I've had practically no luck getting > older Rodime "Macintosh" hard drives running on any other platform > (including the RamFAST SCSI interface on my Apple IIGS, which is > typically quite tolerant about weird SCSI drive firmware). I don't > know if that's your problem here, but the name "Rodime" triggered a > few bad memories. I'll second that one - I've done quite a lot of work on various SCSI peripherals, and Mac-specific firmware is the kiss of death for lots of models, either in performance or just plain functionality. (I used to use an Atari TT, which was even more tolerant than the GS, and had some _very_ nice tools, and still had lots of grief). > Brian ("Though this be madness, yet there is method in't") Tao -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] My car has "demand start" - Terry Lambert [[