So I've got a 9.1 GB SCSI drive installed, low level formatted and ready to partition. But I'm unable to get the partitioning to stick.
SCSI Select says the following message about the drive upon boot:
SCSI ID #0 - IBM-PSG ST39175LW !# - Drive D: (81h)
This is a little unusual to me but googling turns up nothing on what the !# means if anything...I'm using an Adaptec 1540CF so maybe its just something that card does?
Anyways on with the problem, when I go in to FDISK it present me with the message:
"Unable to access Drive 2"
Which is of course my SCSI drive. I can then see the disk, change to it, partition it and everything looks happy but the moment I reboot the partition information is gone again. It's almost like it thinks the drive is write protected, which of course it is not, no jumpers on the drive.
I should also mention that this use to be a server HDD, is it possible they were configured in a way that even a low level format might not undue the format it was in for the server? Can anyone recommend any helpful tools beyond fdisk?
A little more info Im running this as a 68pin drive on a 50pin SCSI cable with a high bit terminator adapter attached to the drive, it is the only device in the chain and is terminated at the other end via the controller.
So I will of course not stop messing with this till I figure out the issue but I would be really grateful for any ideas anyone has.
Thanks!