on 29/01/06 12:30, Fabian Fang at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Jan 29, 2006, at 5:17 AM, kaldav wrote: > >> I have bought a new Hitachi drive for my Pismo (listed as >> compatible on OWC) and put it in an external Sarotech firewire >> case. However, it doesn't show up with Disk Utility in OSX10.3.9. >> >> Then I re-started from a 10.3.2 installer CD, twice by holding down >> the C key, and it is not seen with Disk Utility. >> >> I also re-started in OS9.22 and Drive SetUp did not see it to >> format it. >> >> Is there a trick to getting this drive to appear on the desktop to >> format it? > > I believe that Sarotech FireWire enclosures use Oxford 911 or 912 > chipsets. You may have to install the Oxford Java Utility for your > drive to show up. If so, please write me offlist for specific > procedure.
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