on 3/22/03 9:32 AM, Ivan Drucker at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hey listers, maybe you can help me out with this. I've > been happily using a FireWire external drive on my > Cardbus-enabled 2400 running Mac OS 8.6, using an IBM > 1394 card, and the three FireWire extensions from Mac > OS 9.1. Works like a charm. > > Now I want to use it with 9.1, and I don't think I > can. On 9.1, you have to insert Cardbus cards after > the "Welcome to Mac OS" screen during startup. When I > do this, the card shows up on the desktop, but the > drive is dead to the world. It doesn't see it at all. > > I went back to 8.6 and tried the same thing, and got > the same result: if the card isn't present from the > very beginning of startup, it will show up on the > desktop but won't see any drives. My guess is that the > drivers aren't completely loading or something. > > So my question: Is anyone successfully using a > FireWire external drive on a 2400 running OS 9? Please > share what you're doing to get it to work -- if there > are any third party extensions, or whatever. Thanks!! > > Ivan. > Yes...I use a Ratoc card with 9.1...it uses 2 of its own drivers...I would check and see if your particular card has drivers posted at its website for 9.1. Hope this helps. Tom
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