Does anyone on the list run anything like this (ie any usb 1.1 external hard drive/mp3 player not an iPod?) I'm running a 3400 under 8.6, using a macally cardbus pcmcia usb. First time I plugged it in, it saw this just fine, mounted on the desktop, I copied files to it, no problem.
Second time I plugged it in, the pb asked me if I wanted to "initialize" the disk because it was unreadable. Won't mount the volume. System profiler sees it and can correctly identify the device on the bus as an archos product. Does not mount in the finder. What to do? I'd been playing with an archos jukebox player 6000, and it was smooth as silk from the powerbook to the desktop iMac (BTW, the ajrv2 won't mount on the iMac either, didn't even mount on first try, gave me the "do you want to initialize this?" message first time out.) I tried zapping pram, rebuilding the desktop, checking the preferences folder, making sure the extensions were all okay...what I don't understand is why it would mount the first time out and then not again. The device is fine, it boots and plays the way it is supposed to, I just can't make it mount on any of the systems. Which is a bummer because I want to add my own music and upgrade the firmware, but I can't if I can't mount it. The manual says that under mac os 10, it is sometimes necessary to reformat the drive under a dos format. Now I am not running os 10, but I am wondering if this is what I should do. Says it will make the device unable to work under windows, but that's little concern to us. Thanks for your help! -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PowerBooks list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.shtml> --> 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/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
