[CUBE] Formatting in external firewire drive

[Fran Adams]

Alan,

Thanks for the reply. Yes, I did change the jumper to match both of the
installed configurations depending on where it was installed.

- Fran


>
>Did you change the master/slave jumper on the new hard drive?
>Internally, it should be a master, in the firewire enclosure, I am not
>sure it matters, but I'd set it the same way the working drive in your
>enclosure was set to.
>
>Allan
>
>On Sat, 25 Jan 2003, Fran Adams wrote:
>
>> I'm having difficulty formatting a new seagate 80 gig so I can try out
>> Jaguar (Yes, this cube list has convinced me to take the leap of faith).
>> I installed the new drive internally and formatted it into 6 partitions
>> using a 10.2 Jag CD. The partition for the OS X is 20 gig. The format
>> completed OK and I then attempted to install Jag. No such luck, the
>> installer quit and the partition for the system disappeared. I've been
>> unable to get the partition to reload after restarting the cube with the
>> Jag CD. The other partitions show up fine.
>>
>> I then installed the new drive in my external firewire case (replacing
>> the 30 gig there) but the cube (running 9.2.2) refuses to recognize the
>> new drive at all. The old 30 gig was reinstalled and was recognized fine.
>>
>> This is likely a simple thing, but at the moment, I'm stymied. I've read
>> suggestions about formatting the drive into 8 gig partitions for the
>> system installation (internally mounted), but before I tear the cube
>> apart again, I'd like some opinions as to what I'm missing.
>>
>> Thanks for any enlightenment.
>>
>> - Fran Adams
>>
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