At 10:37 AM -0800 2/21/2009, michaelangelo wrote: >PNY 4 GB, which claims to be compatible with OS 8 and higher. > >I am trying to set up the flash drive so I can move files back and >forth between: >My iMac g3 Dalmation, which has OS 9.2.2, and >My iMac g3 FlowerPower, which has OS 10.4 on it. > >10.4 recognizes the flash drive with no problem. 9.2.2 does not.
Then the flash drive either needs a driver on OS 9, or its file system has a problem. >I have gotten advice here in the past to reformat the flash drive on the >9.2 machine using Disk Utility. Disk Utility is an OS X tool, not OS 9. >On the PNY site they do say: Compatible with most PC/MAC laptop and >desktop computers with available USB 2.0 port (Backwards compatible to >USB 1.0) > >what does Backwards Compatible mean, and what do I do about it? Backwards compatible means that the drive's interface is USB 2, but it will work just fine over the older USB 1. Reformat the flash drive with Disk Utility, on OS X. Then see if it will work on OS 9. - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Low End Mac's iMac List, a group for those using G3, G4, G5, and Intel Core iMacs as well as Apple eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/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/imaclist?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
