6100 and 2.2

[Thomas Carlson]

Lorenzo,

My cdrom drive is at SCSI ID 3.  I'm not sure what Pioneer drive you have
but here's a page that gives jumper settings for a Pioneer DRU-124x:

http://www.cm.nu/~shane/lists/comp.periphs.scsi/2001-05/0215.html

See what happens when you set the SCSI ID at 3.

Tom


> 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.
> 
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