I had that same problem (Firewire TDM wouildn't work) on a Pismo I used to have, but it only happened when trying to connect to my PB G4 Aluminum. The only work-around I found was to go in reverse and set the PB G4 Alumimum in TDM, which would then display that hard drive on the PIsmo desktop, allowing for file transfer.
In contrast, I found that there was no problem with the Pismo when using TDM with our desktop Mac (Digital Audio G4). I still wonder why it didn't work with the other PowerBook. John On Mar 30, 2009, at 9:37 PM, tortoise wrote: > > > > On Mar 13, 8:17 pm, tortoise <[email protected]> wrote: >> hi, I just had an emergency with my hd failed on mypismo(g4 upgrade, >> 576RAM, tiger + jaguar + 9 + debian "etch" + 8.1 w/basiliskII under >> debian) >> >> i got an 80 gig seagate drive locally and luckily had mostly back up, >> and a backup drive to restore from so Tiger is running again within a >> day. >> >> but target firewire is broken - T key hold down results in it trying >> but shuts off just before target mode is reached (like it turns off >> instantly). >> > > something weird turned up when I reinstalled Linux (actually two > things): > that system told me that the new drive was a slave (in their terms / > dev/hdb). > > well I know that target mode on desktop only gives you the primary > master drive. > > I didn't know that laptop drives could be set to slave ... > > Also probably not related the drive although fast takes 5 or 10 > seconds to wake up from sleep (that is when the machine is put in > sleep). > > Linux also said something strange about "this drive has multiple > logical sectors per physical sector which we support *experimentally*. > It works ok though. > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Low End Mac's G-Books list, a group for those using G3 iBooks and PowerBooks (we run a separate list for G4 'Books). The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g-books?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
