on 17/09/04 21:16, Jim Scott at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Well, here goes another learning curve. I bought an external Yamaha firewire > case that originally held a CD/RW from a fellow swapper. I found that it > works just fine with my G3 700 iBook running 10.3.5 when I put a Memorex > 52x32x52x CD/RW burner in it. > > However, when I put a hard drive in the firewire case, it will not show up > on the desktop, no matter what I do. I've tried hard drives formatted for > OSX, HFS+. I've changed around from master to slave to cable select. I've > tried various manufacturers' drives -- Maxtor, Western Digital, Fujitsu, > etc. I've tried booting into OS 9.1, 9.2.2 and 10.3.5. All Apple updates > have been downloaded and installed. Nada, zip, zilch, nothing -- no firewire > drive shows up. > > I'm of the opinion that what's missing is an extension/driver for the > firewire bridge (the circuit board) inside the case. So, does anyone have > one to sell me for a Yamaha Model No. CRW8824IX, made in Sept. 2000? Or can > you point me to a generic driver that worked for you? Help!
It could possibly miss a driver as you suggest, but the thing is, I've never heard of any driver for a FireWire drive for OS X. I would imagine that the bridge interface was designed for a removable drive expecting probably an ATAPI device while the hard drive you put in is most likely using an ATA interface... -Laurent. -- ============================================================================ Laurent Daudelin AIM/iChat: LaurentDaudelin <http://nemesys.dyndns.org> Logiciels Nemesys Software mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] firebottle n.obs.: A large, primitive, power-hungry active electrical device, similar in function to a FET but constructed out of glass, metal, and vacuum. Characterized by high cost, low density, low reliability, high-temperature operation, and high power dissipation. Sometimes mistakenly called a `tube' in the U.S. or a `valve' in England; another hackish term is glassfet. -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
