On Sat, 6 Sep 2003 13:28:52 -0700 (PDT) vinai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Sat, 6 Sep 2003, Mannequin* wrote: > > > I've got a PB G3 Firewire, with kernel 2.4.21-powerpc, and a Lacie > > CD burner attached to my firewire port. ... > > This all worked fine until I upgraded from 2.4.18-powerpc to > > 2.4.21-powerpc. Can anyone direct me as to how I can get this > > working again, so I can make backups? > > There was a change int he 1394/firewire subsystem somewhere after > 2.4.18. The solution is to get the debian package with > rescan-scsi-bus.sh and run that script. Running 'modprobe' or > 'insmod' on the individual 1394 modules will NOT work. I tried all of > this, and nothing worked till I ran this script, then accessed my > firewire devices (a hard drive in my case). > > This should be in the debian-powerpc archives from earlier this year. > > cheers Thanks! It worked. I can now go on to back up.
