Mounting a SCSI Hard Drive

I have a Western Digital 9.1 GB 68 pin LVD SCSI Ultra 2 10k rpm hard drive that I am trying to mount and initialize. I am using the G4 listed below with an Adaptec 2906 SCSI pci card, a QVS dual SCSI 50 pin hard drive internal cable with a passive terminator on the end connection (HD in the middle), and a 50/68 SCSI adaptor (IDC50P/HPDB68M). The hard drive was given to me with a jumper at pins 21 & 22 (Disable Target Initiated Synchronous/Wide Negotiation). I have tried it with and without the jumper but the hard drive does not show up any place.
I have a Quantum 50 pin SCSI that does appear in Disk Utility and Drive Setup (OS9) when connected to this setup (without the adaptor).
On the Western Digital web site they said that their SCSI drive would not mount on a Mac without SilverLining or FWB Tools. I downloaded a copy of SilverLining Lite but the hard drive still does not appear as mountable. So I believe that it is something in my setup that is not correct, I have a ordered a copy of Disk Utility that is still in the mail.
Any ideas, input or resolve would be very appreciated, thanks.
Joe
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Why not just replace the internal IDE hard drive in the 6500 with an Ultra ATA-133 drive? A new drive will run cooler and has a faster rotational speed. Obviously, you won't get the Ultra ATA-133 speed boost, when connected to the 6500's onboard IDE controller; but when you're ready to retire the 6500, the ATA-133 drive will probably be more useful than a 9.1 GB SCSI drive. The combined costs of the controller card, cabling, and shipping just to use the (bargain) 9.1 SCSI drive may be more expensive than it's worth. You could pick up a used beige G3, for what you'll spend on the SCSI hardware. A few years ago, I acquired a similar 9.1 GB IBM LVD-SE drive from a PC. I installed it in a SCSI-2 external case (SE mode), which required a 68-50 pin internal adapter and an external, active terminator on the alternate Centronics-50 rear port. It's a quiet drive and is more than adequate for backups. I've got Ultra-SCSI controller cards that would enable installing it internally, but my B&W G3 has the Ultra ATA-133 controller card and 120 GB drive - which are more useful than a speedy 9.1 GB drive. I do have a bootable Adaptec 2930 Ultra-SCSI controller card (firmware-based) installed in the B&W, so the 9.1 SCSI drive is occasionally used to boot it. Ideally, if you want to use the drive with a slower, narrow SCSI-1 or SCSI-2 bus, you should install a 68-50 pin adapter with high-byte termination (9-line negation). It ties off the (18) unused conductors, something that the standard adapter can't do. Here's a (downloadable) useful reference, for understanding SCSI terminology.
Anyway, that's my input. I've got a pair of 6500s that I haven't parted with yet, but they've been retired since I moved on to newer hardware for everyday use. They make great iTunes jukeboxes (with their built-in sub-woofer), but the 128 MB memory cap and slow 50 MHz system bus are inherent limitations that date them.

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