Large SCSI Hard Drive Problem

[melott]

Anyone know how to get a large SCSI drive
mounted ( 47 gig ) ??
I bought a Seagate 47 gig SCSI drive for a
back-up drive.  My problem is that HDTools
won't partition it. Says this drive not supported.
I've seen posts here (although I didn't read them)
about large drives. Now I'm wishing I had read them.
How do I get it partitioned and formatted ??
What software will do this??

Any help here would be greatly appreciated.

Mel Ott
 :-?  :-?

[melott]

My system is .....

  A3000 / OS 3.9
  WarpEngine 040 / 40mhz
 
I use the WarpSCSI for my internal drive ( a 1 gig )
I was planning to install this 47 gig drive in my
external drive box. I don't turn on the external box
all the time, only when I need to access a CD Rom
or something on the external drive.
This drive is a Seagate 47 gig 5 1/4  in.
I think the voluum (47 gigs) is the problem.
I'm sure other people have solved this problem,
I guess I just wasn't paying attention  :-(
Is there anything on Aminet that will work ??

Mel Ott

[melott]

I'll check this 'RD Prep' out.

The drive is a Seagate ST 446452W.
Its a 68 pin,  with 68 to 50 pin adaptor
NOT included with drive.
( its a Brick ;-)
Its a 5 1/4 in. double height drive .
I'm using an old PC MiniTower case cut down
to just the drive bays for an external drive case.
works great with my A3k.  So if you don't have
an external case with lots of room in it this drive
isn't for you. If you're interested, I'll post the site
where I bought it.

Mel Ott

[melott]

OK.... yes I have that info, but what does it mean
to me?? I am assuming that I can use the SCSI
ultra wide drive with the 68 to 50 pin adaptor.
If you can't do that then whats the point of the
adaptor.
The problem here as I see it is 'HDTools'  not
being able to see the drive for what it is, a 47 gig.

Mel Ott
 

[melott]

Yes .. I did all those things ...
I have OS 2.04...2.1 ..3.1 and 3.9.
All say the same thing ...
"This drive not supported"

I beleave the problem is its a 68 pin UW SCSI.
I'm going to contact 'SurplusComputers' as
suggested. The 'jumper' sounds like the right
fix.

Mel Ott