Cedsrepairs
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Okay I feel I'm entering a sub sub niche here, but anyway
I'm trying to understand how "target mode" works and trying to access my Powerbook 100's disk (which is a 2,5" blueSCSI) thru the proper HDI30 dock cable
I've got all that is necessary
- a beautiful Powerbook G3 PDQ, with HDI30 cable
- an even more beautiful fully restored powerbook 100
This is connected in this way
PDQ ---> hdi30 -> db25 -> scsi/dock hid30 adapter --> PB100
Whenever I put the DOCK switch on the adapter on, the PB100 immediately boot in target mode (I mean I don't need to hit "t" key), this is not supposed to happen. It is displaying a scsi logo with a number in it, the number that you configure in the control panel
If I boot my PDQ at this stage, it always tries to boot... from the PB100 (?) which obviously does not work (funny error message from System 7.0.1 telling my hardware is not supported)
This happens if I put the DOCK switch on... or OFF ! It does not care, even in plain SCSI mode, the pdq tries to boot from scsi first
Also it doesn't care the scsi ID, it seem to boot from the first bootable SCSI ID it finds (3 in my case)
If I boot the pdq first, then only boot the pb100, then in the system properties, ALL the scsi ids from the pb100 are exposed (which is unexpected) however I can only mount the first one (ID3) for whatever reason. It says the other IDs "have one or more locked disks", and finder crashes if I try to mount them.
Okay so I'm a bit lost here
- the dock/scsi switch seems to do nothing apart from putting the pb100 in target mode without hitting a key (?!),
- but this changes nothing on the scsi end , all IDs are exposed (?!), the "set up ID" (in the pb100 control panel) does nothing and never appears anywhere (?!)
For what it's worth, I can put the scsi/dock cable in scsi mode, boot BOTH computers, and the PDQ sees again all the disks of the PB100 (and again only one can be mounted)
I think someone with more macOS/system7 experience than me can make sense out of this ?
I'm probably using it wrong
I'm trying to understand how "target mode" works and trying to access my Powerbook 100's disk (which is a 2,5" blueSCSI) thru the proper HDI30 dock cable
I've got all that is necessary
- a beautiful Powerbook G3 PDQ, with HDI30 cable
- an even more beautiful fully restored powerbook 100
This is connected in this way
PDQ ---> hdi30 -> db25 -> scsi/dock hid30 adapter --> PB100
Whenever I put the DOCK switch on the adapter on, the PB100 immediately boot in target mode (I mean I don't need to hit "t" key), this is not supposed to happen. It is displaying a scsi logo with a number in it, the number that you configure in the control panel
If I boot my PDQ at this stage, it always tries to boot... from the PB100 (?) which obviously does not work (funny error message from System 7.0.1 telling my hardware is not supported)
This happens if I put the DOCK switch on... or OFF ! It does not care, even in plain SCSI mode, the pdq tries to boot from scsi first
Also it doesn't care the scsi ID, it seem to boot from the first bootable SCSI ID it finds (3 in my case)
If I boot the pdq first, then only boot the pb100, then in the system properties, ALL the scsi ids from the pb100 are exposed (which is unexpected) however I can only mount the first one (ID3) for whatever reason. It says the other IDs "have one or more locked disks", and finder crashes if I try to mount them.
Okay so I'm a bit lost here
- the dock/scsi switch seems to do nothing apart from putting the pb100 in target mode without hitting a key (?!),
- but this changes nothing on the scsi end , all IDs are exposed (?!), the "set up ID" (in the pb100 control panel) does nothing and never appears anywhere (?!)
For what it's worth, I can put the scsi/dock cable in scsi mode, boot BOTH computers, and the PDQ sees again all the disks of the PB100 (and again only one can be mounted)
I think someone with more macOS/system7 experience than me can make sense out of this ?
I'm probably using it wrong
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