Re: External FW 800 drive won't mount

2008-12-22 Thread nestamicky
Tom wrote: I was given a 500-gig FireWire 800 external drive (generic, I guess; no logo on the metal case) as part of the deal when I bought my G5 on eBay, but when I plug the drive into the FW 800 port of my G5, it does not show up on the desktop, even with restarts. I tried a different FW

Re: External FW 800 drive won't mount

2008-12-21 Thread Clark Martin
Tom wrote: I was given a 500-gig FireWire 800 external drive (generic, I guess; no logo on the metal case) as part of the deal when I bought my G5 on eBay, but when I plug the drive into the FW 800 port of my G5, it does not show up on the desktop, even with restarts. I tried a different FW

Re: External FW 800 drive won't mount

2008-12-21 Thread Al
On Dec 21, 4:14 am, Clark Martin cm...@sonic.net wrote: Tom wrote: I was given a 500-gig FireWire 800 external drive (generic, I guess; Even if the drive wasn't mounted Disk Utility would show it.  If it doesn't show the drive at all it means the OS isn't seeing it as a drive. What do