orb@alchemy.tcnet.ithaca.ny.us (Randolph Turner) (01/03/91)
Help! I just got ahold of a Seagate ST-225n HD that was previously in use on a MAC. The drive works great as long as I don't mind it looking like SCSI device 6 (which I do, because I would like to auto-boot and the Xetec controller won't use that device for auto-booting and it will wait for a 30 second time out for each prior device that isn't connected). Now, I'm not stupid (at least I don't think so) and I have tried playing with the device select jumpers on the drive, but to no avail. After talking to the folks at Seagate, I have learned that there are "negative" tracks on SCSI drives that hold information for the drive including the device number that overrides the external jumper settings. FINALLY, the question......How in hell do I change this info???? (sorry, just becoming frustrated again). If there is a program that do these changes for me, I would REALLY appreciate someone UUENCODEing it to me in mail, or at least point me in the right direction. A thousand thanx, (and a couple hundred airplanthes) Randolph Turner