Can't Initialize Drive

I've added a second drive (Seagate Cheetah 36.7GB (ST336704LWV) SCSI U160) to my G3 after adding an Adaptec PCI card that supports Ultra wide SCSI. I used a 30" cable that includes temination if it matters. I also hit the CUDA after I was done. Also, this machine runs on Tiger.
I'd like to have this drive as the boot drive since it operates a 10k, but if it doesn't work I guess I'd be willing to use it as a slave. I've changed the jumpers on this drive in all combinations and only one allows me to boot up. I figured that one I get the drive erased I can partition it, then install the system, XPostFacto and what-not then swap it as the boot drive. When it first booted I got no error messages and although the drive could be seen it could not be erased in Disk Utility, I got the following error:
"Disk Erased Failed"
"with the error"
"input/output error"
I also ran System Profiler. It saw the drive also, but under Parallel SCSI--Removable Media it says "Yes".
After the first time shutting down to change jumper settings I now get the following error message:
"Disk Insertion"
"The disk you inserted was not readable by this computer"
"Initialize" "Ignore" "Eject"
Again, it can be seen by System Profiler and DU, but nothing can be done to it. It doesn't mount on the desktop either.
What have I missed? Do I have to hit the CUDA each time I change the jumper settings? Sounds odd, but I have to ask.
Thanks for any help

Which power connector you use should not make any difference, unless one is broken, which is very, very rare. Check to see that the drive is spinning up.
One strapping option you should use, if available, is to Provide Term Power TO the SCSI Bus, if there is a strap for that.
I am sure you know that each SCSI device must have a unique ID, and ID=7 is taken by the SCSI Controller and cannot be used for a drive. While the SCSI software in OS 9 does backflips to give the user a break, the SCSI software in Mac OS X is not very forgiving.
I suggest you drop back to OS 9 and ask some SCSI Utilities to help. One that comes to mind is SCSI probe, which Adaptec appears to offer for download on its site:
http://www.adaptec.com/en-US/downloads/macos/macos8x_and9x?productId=APD-29160N&dn=PowerDomain+29160N
another is Mt.Everything which has some helpful diagnostics built in:
http://www.overnet.de/hhp/mte/

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