Re: specifying root / adding a hard disk

Hi,

Mouse wrote:
> My guess would be that the truth is, the externally-visible switch on
> the enclosure is set to 5 (or 4), but the enclosure's wiring between
> that switch and the disk is not connected, so the disk proper naturally
> enough responds as target 0.
>
> Depending on the drive, the wiring, and your comfort level with such
> things, one option might be to open the enclosure and connect that
> wiring - or, if the connectors are mechanically incompatible, add
> jumpers (probably on the drive) to set whatever ID you want.

My comfort level is high... I just remember it working. I have this 
thing forever, literally don't remember how I got it, but in the dawn of 
age I exchanged the internal 400MB drive with a 2GB one, as I did with 
the IPC.
Now these 50pin themselves are a rarity, but I see there is space for an 
adapter inside, so I could try.

I opened the enclosure - yes it is the classic 411 - and the connector 
from back to the drive is a flat cable which broke... those things don't 
last. darn.

I'll fix-wire it to e.g. ID 4 and retry using it as temporary swap. But 
next week. In the meanwhile I'll dust off the interior.

Riccardo.