Cannot format Flyer Drive

[platmm]

I've got a Toaster/Flyer system in a A4000 and cannot get any sort of drive to format using toaster 4.3 FlyerHDTools.

The system never hangs but the format never completes. After the "stopwatch" icon, the arrow pointer shows up and the drive still shows "UNFORMATTED." Drives are terminated either through a SCSI terminator or termination is set on the SCSI to IDE adapter.

The drives can be written to, as they perform read and write tests - as soon as a "format"  command is attempted it times out.

Tried both Workbench 3.1 and 3.5. The Newtek software is a newly purchased 4.3 set and have also tried FlyerFormat.

I've tried straight SCSI drives, an SCA SCSI drive with an adapter, and an IDE 80GB drive with a SCSI to IDE adapter (which was how I was hoping to use the Flyer.)

The flyer card works in an A2000 but has the same trouble.

Anyone ever experience this? I don't think it's the board because it can write to the drive. Does the Flyer software dump any log files anywhere?

[zipper]

Look here, perhaps there's a solution:
http://www.newtek.com/forums/archive/index.php/f-47.html

[Plaz]

Try this link specifically. It helped me get my flyer drives going. You'll need to do the drive test first that will tell you how much of the drive is actually useable for flyer operations.

http://www.newtek.com/discus/messages/16211/16396.html?1011996529

Plaz

[marcfrick2112]

Platman, FWIW, the guy who set up my Toaster/Flyer system said that he recommened active SCSI terminators, not just setting the term, jumper on either the drive, or adapter.