See if it shows up in Disk Utility. It may just need to be formatted for that computer even though they are both running the same OS. -Jonas
On 1/2/09, glen <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > ----- Original Message ---- > > From: Charles Davis <[email protected]> > > To: [email protected] > > Sent: Friday, January 2, 2009 8:07:12 PM > > Subject: Re: External FW drive mounts on SOME machines not others > > > > > > > > On Jan 2, 2009, at 7:13 PM, ProGearDeal wrote: > > > > > > > > Try turn on the system > > > Power up the drive then connect the firewire cable. > > > > > > > Since I'm not certain of the 'robustness' of the Firewire interface > > in the first place, I don't think I like the idea of 'Hot Plugging' > > the FW cable. Just my foible. > > > > > On Mac's much older than your MDD I sometimes have to unplug and replug the > FireWire cable to the FW port on the drive to get the drive to mount. Perhaps > a bad connection or some other fault with the FW port or cable. > > However if you are not comfortable with the procedure, then don't do it. > Maybe there is another solution. ---glen > > > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml 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/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
