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candyPunk
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USA
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 Posted - 08 Feb 2002 : 20:28:48
I have this external IBM hard drive and it's been annoying me as I have to mount it with drive setup (or some such app) whenever I want to use it. I know I sound like an idiot with this basic question, but how do I make it mount on startup? I don't know about any of the current jumper settings - the bus ID is set with a switch on the back so I haven't opened the case for any reason yet.{ candyPunk }
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cinemafia
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USA
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Posted - 08 Feb 2002 : 20:43:25
I have two drives that are like that. One is a Seagate and the other is a, you guessed it, IBM. The IBM DFHS series especially is known to be seriously quirky. There are several steps* you can take to try to get it to mount at startup, but if they all fail, like they did with the two drives I have, you just have to get used to mounting them manually. I suppose you could write a script to mount them at startup, but I haven't tried it...*1 - Make sure parity, auto-start and write-protect are disabled on the drive's jumper block. 2 - Make sure termination power is provided from the bus to the drive on the drive's jumper block. 3- Run SCSI Probe and set it to "try" to force the drive to mount at startup. This doesn't neccessarily work, and is a last resort.
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candyPunk
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USA
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Posted - 08 Feb 2002 : 22:23:39
1) Get these settings from IBM?2) Come again? 3) Good old scsi probe. Where can I get it? Everyone really should have it handy when using scsi devices, huh? { candyPunk }
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alcoa
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Albania
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Posted - 09 Feb 2002 : 00:05:22
quote:
I have two drives that are like that. One is a Seagate and the other is a, you guessed it, IBM. The IBM DFHS series especially is known to be seriously quirky. There are several steps* you can take to try to get it to mount at startup, but if they all fail, like they did with the two drives I have, you just have to get used to mounting them manually. I suppose you could write a script to mount them at startup, but I haven't tried it...
have you tried password protecting them with HDT so it will query the password at bootup and then mount the disk on input?
just a suggestion, clueless here!
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