Chances are the drive is not read/write flashed and you require the firmware and a PC with a SCSI card to flash it or, the CF/SD/PCMCIA card you are using is not compatible.
Regards,
-s*
On Mon, Mar 2, 2015 at 10:51 AM, randel@... [emax] <emax@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
Several months ago I installed Ted's fantastic SCSI kit, and was able to format and use an internal Zip drive in my Emax.
I recently paid too much for a PCD-50b, and installed it in place of the Zip drive. I used a compact-flash to PCMCIA adapter, and a vintage 32Mb card.
When first attempting to format the card in the Emax, the "Formatting HD..." message stayed on for 10+ hours, and the card did not format.
I put the card and adapter into my vintage PowerMac G3, and was able to successfully format it as a Macintosh volume.
When I put the card back in the Emax, I still was not able to format the card after many hours.
The PCD-50 was set for SCSI 0, proper termination, write enabled, etc.
Does anyone have any words of wisdom?
Thanks!
-Randel