Charlieman's reply has the Truth You Seek! I find that I can many a 9G drive on A/UX by first doing a low-level format on a str8 Macintosh 7.5.5 system with Anubis 3 (I prefer 3.09 but 3.04e works fine).
You should NOT have to use a DOSBOX to format you're drive. I have yet to find a drive that Anubis cannot format (queue the poor soul who cannot get their obscure Conner 40MB 5.25" FH drive to format).
Bear in mind that just because the drive was working when you pulled it, doesn't mean it works now. If you "get" Anubis (ahem), it's probably best---given all your troubles---to use the Format-Verify-Remap option (possibly twice). The best option is the "Erase-Format-Verify-Map-Format" one, but I have found that Seagate drives are highly resistant to running this option, so unless you've got some time to kill, I'd stick with Format-Verify-Format (maybe twice). Do NOT select the "Asychronous" option---maybe go so far as to boot with extensions disabled (and definitely remove SCSI Manager if it's present).
The trick is to get the Unix partitions on it "by hand"---there's no way I know of to use the scripted install process. You'll need to go in, delete the MacOS partitions, repartition A/UX slices (I advise two 4GB and one "left over" slice, for /, /usr, and maybe /var---but you could leave / as 1GB-2GB and add a /usr/source slice).
If you're still trying to get this going, respond with where you're at and I'll see if I can be of more specific help. I have 4 Fujitsu SCA80 9.1GB drives I use in an external can for A/UX, so the drive size is not necessarily a problem---though 4GB IS the filesystem limit on A/UX. Also, if you can get the drive up as a "second" drive on an A/UX box, you may be able to partition it there and then do a new install to it.
Once it's up, don't forget to get a DISKTAB entry for it! Also, I'm sure you noted this, but for lazy folks (OK, me), could you give the model number (and firmware version, if you have it).
Oh...and I'd stay in the 7.5.5 OS, on a 68k machine, if possible. Maybe drop an old 500MB drive in the designated A/UX box, stick OS 7.5.x on it, upgrade to 7.5.5, hang your 9GB Seagate off it, and format it there.
OK...let me know if you're still trying to beat it into submission...
caryn
You should NOT have to use a DOSBOX to format you're drive. I have yet to find a drive that Anubis cannot format (queue the poor soul who cannot get their obscure Conner 40MB 5.25" FH drive to format).
Bear in mind that just because the drive was working when you pulled it, doesn't mean it works now. If you "get" Anubis (ahem), it's probably best---given all your troubles---to use the Format-Verify-Remap option (possibly twice). The best option is the "Erase-Format-Verify-Map-Format" one, but I have found that Seagate drives are highly resistant to running this option, so unless you've got some time to kill, I'd stick with Format-Verify-Format (maybe twice). Do NOT select the "Asychronous" option---maybe go so far as to boot with extensions disabled (and definitely remove SCSI Manager if it's present).
The trick is to get the Unix partitions on it "by hand"---there's no way I know of to use the scripted install process. You'll need to go in, delete the MacOS partitions, repartition A/UX slices (I advise two 4GB and one "left over" slice, for /, /usr, and maybe /var---but you could leave / as 1GB-2GB and add a /usr/source slice).
If you're still trying to get this going, respond with where you're at and I'll see if I can be of more specific help. I have 4 Fujitsu SCA80 9.1GB drives I use in an external can for A/UX, so the drive size is not necessarily a problem---though 4GB IS the filesystem limit on A/UX. Also, if you can get the drive up as a "second" drive on an A/UX box, you may be able to partition it there and then do a new install to it.
Once it's up, don't forget to get a DISKTAB entry for it! Also, I'm sure you noted this, but for lazy folks (OK, me), could you give the model number (and firmware version, if you have it).
Oh...and I'd stay in the 7.5.5 OS, on a 68k machine, if possible. Maybe drop an old 500MB drive in the designated A/UX box, stick OS 7.5.x on it, upgrade to 7.5.5, hang your 9GB Seagate off it, and format it there.
OK...let me know if you're still trying to beat it into submission...
caryn