Alan writes: << 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 ? >>
Depending on what you're running, you can easily format a firewire drive using readily-available, and free, 3rd-party formatting software for OS 9.x. I found something called Disk Control 1.1, it is available for free download here: <http://www.synchrotech.com/support-download/diskcontrol1.1.smi.bin> NOTE: above is a direct download link - clicking initiates a download! It worked fine in OS 9 using a portable firewire drive I assembled from a plastic case and a mail-order laptop drive. After I installed 10.2.8 onto my other computer (PowerMac 9600), I found that it, too, recognized the Firewire drive without any additional fuss. Under 10.2.8, I tried Apple's "Disk Utility" on the Firewire drive, and Disk Utility "sees" the drive, and offers the choice to erase it (although I didn't actually try that operation!). - John -- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------
