[SPARCbook] Help replacing SparcBook IDE hard drive...

[William M. Perry]

arno uhlmelmahei <arno at panix.com> writes:

> "William M. Perry" wrote:
> > 
> > I have a SPARCbook 3GX with a 2GB drive, but I've recently started getting
> > really cramped for space.  I purchased a Simple Technology 12.5mm hard
> > drive (MK6412MAT 6495MB Toshiba according to the back).
> > 
> 
>          I swapped out my 2gig drive for
>       an ibm dada 6.4 gig successfully.
>       Perhaps you have the 'jumper block'
>       (the black thingy that fits over
>       the pins on the rear of the drive
>       and adapter) on backwards. I know
>       this will 'break' things because I
>       did it myself. Try reversing the
>       jumper. 

I flipped the SCSI converter both directions.  One causes probe-scsi to
hang forever, the other causes it to exit immediatley.  The one that hangs
forever appears to be the 'correct' way when comparing it to the 2GB drive
that does work. :(

-bp