Okay, I have learned a lot today... for the posterity of the list, here goes:
Does it work? YES! Well, I knew it did, because I got the device to load on my pb 3400 this morning, using a macally usb card under usb 1.1, and I copied files to it. Those files stared at me all day as I tried all kinds of nonsense trying to get any of the macs at home to mount the thing. So finally after posting unanswered help messages to every list that seemed relevant, I just started digging in my reference books and sniffing around in the apple support docs. The whole thing was about having the device formatted with a "fat32" format, which pc exchange has been able to deal with since ver 2.1 under mac os 8.1. Well, according to the documentation, the device only works when it is formatted as a fat32, and so it presumably came formatted correctly because I was able to mount it and open it at least once, and I really couldn't imagine that connecting it to my pb just once caused some catastrophic file fragmentation. I know how to unmount media, and I'm very careful about it. So I pulled out the usb card, rebooted the pb, made sure everything came up and that all the right extensions were in place, then I rebooted it again. Re mounted the usb card, then remounted the device. One difference -- I did NOT connect the ac adapter. Actually, I just plain forgot. It took a minute (it's a 20G drive...) but it mounted right up as if nothing had happened. Now the manual says ALWAYS use the ac adapter when connected via usb, and I know that when copying gigs and gigs of data you can have heavy battery use, so I'm going to keep that in mind. But on closer inspection the manual also said the ajbrv2 would only work under 9.22. :P I was also able to get it to mount and trade files with the iMac, but of course that's gossip for another list. So anyways, if anyone is considering a fancy dancy usb 2.0 based drive device, have heart and trust good ol pc exchange with fat32 "pc" formatted media. H but I repeated this several times, and also got it to work on the iMac. -- 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
