melott wrote:
No.. I can't partition it.
I can't even see whats on it even thought
hardware says its OK.
Thats why I was wondering about a Password
protection thing. I suspect something like this
is the problem here. The question here is how
do I get into this drive to fix whatever is wrong??
I would try IBM tech support but they take
forever to respond.
Any suggestions there ??
What you need to keep in mind is that as long as the controller is still operational, even if the whole disk assembly has gone bad, the interface (be it IDE or SCSI) will report back that there's a drive there - because it's going straight to the drive's controller chips for the information.
Additionally, if you can't format the drive with the SCSI utils built into the SCSI controller (1510/20's a nice old card, btw), then odds are you've got a sour drive.
They go for like $5 +S&H. I'd pitch it.
