7100 and 9GB Hard drive don't mix
I have a old 7100 from a rummage sale, great deal to $10 for a apple laser printer, monitor and comp.
It has
66Mhz 601 Processor
88MB Ram
1.2GB HD
Mac OS 8
I purchased a new Seagate 9GB SCSI HD. So, i pluged it in and formatted it with disk utility, I formatted it to HFS+. I turned it on. It doesn't see the drive though.. So, I reformatted it to HFS cause 8 can't see HFS+ unless it's 8.1 which it's not. After that It still couldn't see it. Can the PowerMac 7100 only have one HD?
It has
66Mhz 601 Processor
88MB Ram
1.2GB HD
Mac OS 8
I purchased a new Seagate 9GB SCSI HD. So, i pluged it in and formatted it with disk utility, I formatted it to HFS+. I turned it on. It doesn't see the drive though.. So, I reformatted it to HFS cause 8 can't see HFS+ unless it's 8.1 which it's not. After that It still couldn't see it. Can the PowerMac 7100 only have one HD?
Comments
It's probably a jumper issue. Jumpers on SCSI hard drives are incredibly finicky and you'll have a hard time getting them to work right. It's usually the best option to use only one hard drive unless you know what you're doing.
I'd say try running it with just one hard drive. Remove the 1.2 GB and see which jumpers are where, and put them in the same places on the 9 GB. Mess around with jumpers. You can also try going on the Seagate website and looking for jumper settings somewhere in their support section. I'm thinking that's the case... SCSI is horrible with that sort of thing.