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Authored by: 128K Mac on Feb 07, '02 10:10:55PM

I think you've used Silverlining or HDTK once or twice over the years when it comes to caching a little data here and there. ;)

I thought for some time that Intech's HDST wasn't doing that. I'm beginning to wonder. One of my four own personal SCSI drives is a Seagate LVD 160 18GB that starts bobbing and dipping, mounting then unmounting then....., about once a month with OSX. I never observed such behavior with OS9.

Reboot into OS9/Classic (HDST won't run in Classic) and update it's driver and the thing's good for another month. It's soul mate started life with some Apple driver and format, has remained such, and never been a problem.

I have had off/on again luck with CharisMac Anubis from time to time and really should check the new "OS X compatible version" I vaguely recall reading about. Anyone had any experience with v. 3.21 or later, especially with ATA in addition to SCSI? FireWire?

My main use for FWB HDTK 4.52 (thereabouts) is formatting a drive that's been burned with LaCie Silverlining (or APS Power Tools, same thing). HDTK seems to be about the only thing that can rid a drive of the abominable caching/monitoring/whatever garbage that SL installs.

I ramble. And rant ends. Good comments. /methinks too many 3rd party format util vendors are playing little games instead of doing the work to make something right. Am especially anxious right now to get hands on the OS X version of SoftRAID, due this summer I believe.



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