Not sure about that particulr model, but some Seagate models have a jumper
setting that allows spin up to be delayed, if this is set, you will get the
question mark everytime.

Ulrich Hausmann wrote:

> a little exception: some drives, seagate barracuda 4 gb (=Dec rz 29b)
> requires a lot of power when spinning up and possibly, the powersupply is
> not able to do. with such hd, on my IIci i often had no happy mac on the
> boot screen but a blinking question mark. alternatives are to power up
> the hd externally (suggestion by seagate itself ;-)) or to risk: normally
> the machine booted then nevertheless).
>
> kind regards,
>
> ulrich
>
> Am 26.10.2000 05:07 Uhr schrieb Tod McQuillin:
>
> >Yes.  Almost any 50 pin narrow SCSI drive should work.