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Troy Boy
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Fri Oct 28, 2005 7:26 am Post subject:
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Hi
Yes I am a newbie to modern SCSI drives
I have received 2 SCSI drives which are aprox 36G and 18G. I have
plugged each of them into my PCI interface card and booted with a
win98 start-up disk and started Fdisk only to find that the capacity
of each of these drives is 1001M.
Now thinking that these disks may have been used under linux, I tried
booting with BootitNG. Well the same result 1001M.
As a baseline, I tried a 4.3G SCSI I had lying around DOS formatted
and it comes up just fine as 4.3G
I just dont know what to try next, is there anyone that can give me
some leads?
Either here or at troyf67@yahoo.com
Thank you kindly
Troy |
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PeterD
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Fri Oct 28, 2005 5:45 pm Post subject:
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On Thu, 27 Oct 2005 22:42:18 -0400, Troy Boy <troyf67@yahoo.com>
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| Quote: | Hi
Yes I am a newbie to modern SCSI drives
I have received 2 SCSI drives which are aprox 36G and 18G. I have
plugged each of them into my PCI interface card and booted with a
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What make and model drives are these? What interface? Why Windows-98
which is an antique? What does the scsi card bios say? Did you format
in the scsi utilites part of the bios? |
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Folkert Rienstra
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Fri Oct 28, 2005 9:56 pm Post subject:
Re: Newbie Question about SCSI drives and hidden partitions |
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"PeterD" <peter2@hipson.net> wrote in message news:9874m11l74dg9smfjo5fl5tfna417iji0b@4ax.com
| Quote: | On Thu, 27 Oct 2005 22:42:18 -0400, Troy Boy troyf67@yahoo.com wrote:
Hi
Yes I am a newbie to modern SCSI drives
I have received 2 SCSI drives which are aprox 36G and 18G. I have
plugged each of them into my PCI interface card and booted with a
What make and model drives are these?
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As if that makes a difference.
| Quote: | What interface? Why Windows-98 which is an antique?
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As if that makes a difference.
Btw, he actually meant that he booted DOS.
If you can't even recognize something that simple then what business
do you have here.
| Quote: | What does the scsi card bios say?
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Finally.
| Quote: | Did you format in the scsi utilites part of the bios?
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Doesn't make a difference.
The number of blocks isn't affected with Format Unit. |
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PeterD
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Fri Oct 28, 2005 10:43 pm Post subject:
Re: Newbie Question about SCSI drives and hidden partitions |
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On Fri, 28 Oct 2005 18:56:30 +0200, "Folkert Rienstra"
<see_reply-to@myweb.nl> wrote:
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As if that makes a difference.
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Makes a difference
| Quote: | What interface? Why Windows-98 which is an antique?
As if that makes a difference.
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Makes a difference
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Btw, he actually meant that he booted DOS.
If you can't even recognize something that simple then what business
do you have here.
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Don't tell me what he meant. Unlike you, I don't assume that.
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What does the scsi card bios say?
Finally.
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Sslluuuurrrppp. Folkert's head comming out of his...
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Did you format in the scsi utilites part of the bios?
Doesn't make a difference.
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Makes a difference
| Quote: | The number of blocks isn't affected with Format Unit.
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Who said blocks? Oh, yes, Folkert the magnificiant!
Geeze, give us a break, the last time you gave a good, meaningful
answer was... Well, I don't remember when, its been that long. |
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Percival P. Cassidy
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Fri Oct 28, 2005 11:01 pm Post subject:
Re: Newbie Question about SCSI drives and hidden partitions |
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On 10/28/05 01:43 pm PeterD tossed the following ingredients into the
ever-growing pot of cybersoup:
| Quote: | As if that makes a difference.
Makes a difference
What interface? Why Windows-98 which is an antique?
As if that makes a difference.
Makes a difference
Btw, he actually meant that he booted DOS.
If you can't even recognize something that simple then what business
do you have here.
Don't tell me what he meant. Unlike you, I don't assume that.
What does the scsi card bios say?
Finally.
Sslluuuurrrppp. Folkert's head comming out of his...
Did you format in the scsi utilites part of the bios?
Doesn't make a difference.
Makes a difference
The number of blocks isn't affected with Format Unit.
Who said blocks? Oh, yes, Folkert the magnificiant!
Geeze, give us a break, the last time you gave a good, meaningful
answer was... Well, I don't remember when, its been that long.
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I live in a community with many people of Dutch heritage. It's not
uncommon to see bumper stickers with
"You can always tell a Dutchman.... But you can't tell him much."
Perce |
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Nico de Jong
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Fri Oct 28, 2005 11:13 pm Post subject:
Re: Newbie Question about SCSI drives and hidden partitions |
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"Percival P. Cassidy" <Nobody@NotMyISP.net> skrev i en meddelelse
news:tIt8f.16123$0d3.7713@fe06.lga...
| Quote: | I live in a community with many people of Dutch heritage. It's not
uncommon to see bumper stickers with
"You can always tell a Dutchman.... But you can't tell him much."
Perce
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Being born as a dutchman, and "found worthy" to be a dane, I find that a
very offensive remark. My common-law wife would not agree with the remark;
she keeps telling me things....
:-))
Nico |
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Rob Turk
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Fri Oct 28, 2005 11:22 pm Post subject:
Re: Newbie Question about SCSI drives and hidden partitions |
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"Percival P. Cassidy" <Nobody@NotMyISP.net> wrote in message
news:tIt8f.16123$0d3.7713@fe06.lga...
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I live in a community with many people of Dutch heritage. It's not
uncommon to see bumper stickers with
"You can always tell a Dutchman.... But you can't tell him much."
Perce
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Ouch... That hurts...
Rob
(.. from The Netherlands..) |
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Troy Boy
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Sat Oct 29, 2005 2:21 am Post subject:
Re: Newbie Question about SCSI drives and hidden partitions |
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Drives: Barracuda ST336918N (36.9G) & sorry I looked up the other and
its only a 1280M (sorry my mistake)
Interface: Adaptec AHA-2940UW (using the 50pin)
I used win98 start disk for the FDisk utility
I did boot into the SCSI utilities and formated, still 1001M
I have booted from the IDE drive into XP which without problems
installs the interface which in the hardware also chows the drive as
being 1001M
I have tried booting from the CDRom with Win2000 Server Edition and it
recognised the SCSI drive as 1001M as well.
....maybe the drive is crapped out, I really dont know.
On Fri, 28 Oct 2005 08:45:14 -0400, PeterD <peter2@hipson.net> wrote:
| Quote: | On Thu, 27 Oct 2005 22:42:18 -0400, Troy Boy <troyf67@yahoo.com
wrote:
Hi
Yes I am a newbie to modern SCSI drives
I have received 2 SCSI drives which are aprox 36G and 18G. I have
plugged each of them into my PCI interface card and booted with a
What make and model drives are these? What interface? Why Windows-98
which is an antique? What does the scsi card bios say? Did you format
in the scsi utilites part of the bios? |
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Troy Boy
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Sat Oct 29, 2005 2:55 am Post subject:
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OK forget my question everyone... I find that everything is working
just fine. I have been taken! Some one sold me the ST336918N which
turns out to actually be an ST31200N. Ripped me off by changing the
tags! very good job at it as well, I might add! Grrrrrrrr
Sorry and Thank you
On Fri, 28 Oct 2005 17:21:53 -0400, Troy Boy <NOSPAMtroyf67@yahoo.com>
wrote:
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Drives: Barracuda ST336918N (36.9G) & sorry I looked up the other and
its only a 1280M (sorry my mistake)
Interface: Adaptec AHA-2940UW (using the 50pin)
I used win98 start disk for the FDisk utility
I did boot into the SCSI utilities and formated, still 1001M
I have booted from the IDE drive into XP which without problems
installs the interface which in the hardware also chows the drive as
being 1001M
I have tried booting from the CDRom with Win2000 Server Edition and it
recognised the SCSI drive as 1001M as well.
...maybe the drive is crapped out, I really dont know.
On Fri, 28 Oct 2005 08:45:14 -0400, PeterD <peter2@hipson.net> wrote:
On Thu, 27 Oct 2005 22:42:18 -0400, Troy Boy <troyf67@yahoo.com
wrote:
Hi
Yes I am a newbie to modern SCSI drives
I have received 2 SCSI drives which are aprox 36G and 18G. I have
plugged each of them into my PCI interface card and booted with a
What make and model drives are these? What interface? Why Windows-98
which is an antique? What does the scsi card bios say? Did you format
in the scsi utilites part of the bios? |
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PeterD
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Sat Oct 29, 2005 3:09 am Post subject:
Re: Newbie Question about SCSI drives and hidden partitions |
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On Fri, 28 Oct 2005 17:55:54 -0400, Troy Boy <NOSPAMtroyf67@yahoo.com>
wrote:
| Quote: | OK forget my question everyone... I find that everything is working
just fine. I have been taken! Some one sold me the ST336918N which
turns out to actually be an ST31200N. Ripped me off by changing the
tags! very good job at it as well, I might add! Grrrrrrrr
Sorry and Thank you
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Ouch... eBay? |
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Folkert Rienstra
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Sat Oct 29, 2005 3:23 am Post subject:
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Well, as a troll, it was a very good one. My compliments.
"Troy Boy" <NOSPAMtroyf67@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:ed75m11baegnd1h59826o2siohedopja2n@4ax.com
| Quote: | OK forget my question everyone... I find that everything is working
just fine. I have been taken! Some one sold me the ST336918N which
turns out to actually be an ST31200N. Ripped me off by changing the
tags! very good job at it as well, I might add! Grrrrrrrr
Sorry and Thank you
On Fri, 28 Oct 2005 17:21:53 -0400, Troy Boy <NOSPAMtroyf67@yahoo.com
wrote:
Drives: Barracuda ST336918N (36.9G) & sorry I looked up the other and
its only a 1280M (sorry my mistake)
Interface: Adaptec AHA-2940UW (using the 50pin)
I used win98 start disk for the FDisk utility
I did boot into the SCSI utilities and formated, still 1001M
I have booted from the IDE drive into XP which without problems
installs the interface which in the hardware also chows the drive as
being 1001M
I have tried booting from the CDRom with Win2000 Server Edition and it
recognised the SCSI drive as 1001M as well.
...maybe the drive is crapped out, I really dont know.
On Fri, 28 Oct 2005 08:45:14 -0400, PeterD <peter2@hipson.net> wrote:
On Thu, 27 Oct 2005 22:42:18 -0400, Troy Boy <troyf67@yahoo.com
wrote:
Hi
Yes I am a newbie to modern SCSI drives
I have received 2 SCSI drives which are aprox 36G and 18G. I have
plugged each of them into my PCI interface card and booted with a
What make and model drives are these? What interface? Why Windows-98
which is an antique? What does the scsi card bios say? Did you format
in the scsi utilites part of the bios? |
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Folkert Rienstra
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Sat Oct 29, 2005 3:25 am Post subject:
Re: Newbie Question about SCSI drives and hidden partitions |
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"PeterD" <peter2@hipson.net> wrote in message news:9jo4m1h0j7bstp20bu26vi150bk8nvbmu6@4ax.com
| Quote: | On Fri, 28 Oct 2005 18:56:30 +0200, "Folkert Rienstra"
see_reply-to@myweb.nl> wrote:
As if that makes a difference.
Makes a difference
What interface? Why Windows-98 which is an antique?
As if that makes a difference.
Makes a difference
Btw, he actually meant that he booted DOS.
If you can't even recognize something that simple then what business
do you have here.
Don't tell me what he meant. Unlike you, I don't assume that.
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'Unlike me', you are clueless. Windows98 on a floppy disk. Rotflol.
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What does the scsi card bios say?
Finally.
Sslluuuurrrppp. Folkert's head comming out of his...
Did you format in the scsi utilites part of the bios?
Doesn't make a difference.
Makes a difference
The number of blocks isn't affected with Format Unit.
Who said blocks? Oh, yes, Folkert the magnificiant!
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Right, the drive has 35GB of bad blocks.
Makes such alot more sense.
Rotflol.
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Geeze, give us a break, the last time you gave a good, meaningful
answer was... Well, I don't remember when, its been that long.
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Yet still ahead of you. |
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PeterD
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Sun Oct 30, 2005 3:40 am Post subject:
Re: Newbie Question about SCSI drives and hidden partitions |
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On Sat, 29 Oct 2005 00:25:47 +0200, "Folkert Rienstra"
<see_reply-to@myweb.nl> wrote:
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Geeze, give us a break, the last time you gave a good, meaningful
answer was... Well, I don't remember when, its been that long.
Yet still ahead of you.
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Bwa-ha-ha-ha... Yea, right. Keep telling yourself that. |
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