6100 and 2.2

[l.biagiotti]

on 31-07-2002 14:03, Thomas Carlson at tcarls@earthlink.net wrote:

> Lorenzo,
> 
> Swapping a cdrom drive is not that big a deal.  A Google search (Powermac
> 6100 parts cdrom) came up with the following:
> 
> http://www.timco-computers.com/macparts.html
> 
> A venerable Apple CD 300 Internal SCSI like mine will set you back $5 US
> plus shipping.  They slide right in and out in a few minutes.  You should
> check for local sources first, though.  Many of the old Powermac 6100s are
> just given away for junk.
> 
> Hope you find a way.
> 
> Tom

Hi Tom and thanks again for your help. Well yes, I know that these old
drives are pretty cheap, this is not my point. The fact is that I really
cannot make my mind up about the fact that in order to run a Linux distro
I'd have to change my hardware ... but furthermore, I'm trying to understand
if the problem is related to an hardware incompatibility or, if it could
just be a matter of scsi ID or whatever.

I say so because a closer exam of the MkLinux firmware boot session reveals
a few line that I find interesting:

At a certain point it reads the name and ID of my hard disk, then it tells
that it FAILED to read a certain scsi peripheral which ID is ... and so on.
Couldn't this mean that MkLinux WOULD recognize the cd drive were it not for
some problem I still have to find out? Couldn't it be just the fact that the
cd drive is configured as ID 1 while it would have to be 3 or 5 or 6?
I still have not tried to fumble with the drive's jumpers because I can't
find the manual but, I'd be willing to give it a chance.

Any comment? Am I saying something stupid or might I be right in some way?

Lorenzo
Well, I'll keep going ad I'll let you know.