on 3/7/04 6:45 AM, Alan Kim at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Daevad wrote: > >> When you partition/format a drive under OS X, Disk Utility requires >> that you specifically choose to install drivers that will also allow >> the drive to be accessed under OS 9. Perhaps that was not installed? > > -------- > > Just so I understand the implications of the above info; > > This points out a potential dilemma for folks such as myself operating an > external FW HD on a legacy mac (s900) w/ a firewire PCI card, which cannot > use the Apple drive setup utility. > > Does this mean my firewire HD operating under 9.1 may not be accessible on a > newer Apple running X and vise versa ? > > Alan Originally my FW drive came formatted with HDST v3.5 and it worked fine with that for a long time. Once the corruption pattern started, I was unable to reformat it in OS9 using either HDST or Apple Drive Setup. In fact, the only way I could get the thing back was to take it into work ... it would reformat and operate fine in OSX using Disk Utility (to answer Daevad's question, yes I did check on the "install OS9 drivers" box). Once I got the Sonnet ATA card, I was able to take the drive out of the FW case and reformat it in OS9. But so far, no matter what I've done, the FW drive has issues in OS9. I've even tried a complete zeroing of the drive. It is possible that I've just missed the right combination though. Keep in mind that I did have things working smoothly last semester (and we were using OSX then as well) - going back and forth was not a problem. ^#^%$*&@(!([EMAIL PROTECTED]& -- Gregg -- SuperMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | Service & Replacement Parts [EMAIL PROTECTED] | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> SuperMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/supermacs/list.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/supermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
