Usually scsi probe will mount a drive in this circumstance. If that fails, try 3rd party software. Recently I hard a very similar problem. Scsi probe did not work. Mount Everything did not work. I then gave Silverlining a try. (La Cie makes silverlining.) Silverlining did work. Then I reformatted with Apples Hard Disk Setup (or whatever the correct name is for Apple's formatting tools.) hth
>> I have a 9GB external >>drive that has my complete system on it; that I want to bring up on >>my G3 minitower. But, the computer doesn't recognize it. I hooked up a 2 GB >>external drive that I used before, and the computer recognized it >>fine. Does anyone know why this is happening? > Use SCSI probe to mount it. ? > -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
