All working now, I suspect a loose cable may be the culprit, Ronni, I have run repair permissions a few times now and it still takes a few minutes, but your right nowhere near the reported 57 mins.
Best Regards Hugh Griffiths mobile +61 407 477 311 office +61 (0) 8 6424 4801 Any commercial terms stated or implied are subject to final approval and negotiations. Not an offer or acceptance. All correspondence directly pertaining to the act of doing business will continue to be transmitted for your information as allowed under the SPAM Act 2003. This includes but is not limited to quotes, order confirmation, and shipment advices. -----Original Message----- From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of Ronda Brown Sent: Wednesday, 11 November 2009 12:31 PM To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: Re: 10.6.2 Hi Hugh, > it is saying 57 mins remaining on repair permissions for main HD, If "Repair Permissions" is going to take 57 mins in OS X 10.6.2 as you say above ... I don't think you have repaired permissions for a long time ;-) I was surprised how much faster "Repair Permissions" was on my computers after the OS X 10.6.2 update installed. Only took a few minutes 3-5 mins. If after repairing permissions your computer is still not recognising the FW Drives, you could try this: When you did your "simple diagnostics", did you following these steps? Especially 1 & 3? 1. Shut down the computer. 2. Disconnect all FireWire devices and all other cables, except the keyboard and mouse cable(s). 3. Disconnect the computer from the power outlet and wait for 3 to 5 minutes. 4. Plug the computer back in and turn it on. 5. Reconnect the FireWire device(s) (one at a time if there is more than one) and test. Test with each FireWire port if you have more than one. Sometimes that is enough to get the Firewire Ports working again. Cheers, Ronni On 11/11/2009, at 9:15 AM, Hugh Griffiths wrote: > > Very wierd, started to do simple diagnostics, ie unplug everything reboot, > plug in one at a time and see what comes up, after second reboot my Maxtor 1T > ( time machine disk) is showing up fine on 800 FW, but my mybook 500 ( movies > and itunes) only works on FW400. I cannot repair permissions on either disk > as it says " not available as disk set to ignore ownership", but I have run > repair permissions on main HD and "repair" disk on both externals, it is > saying 57 mins remaining on repair permissions for main HD, so I must away to > my day job, will reply later with what I find. > > > Best Regards > Hugh Griffiths > > mobile +61 407 477 311 > office +61 (0) 8 6424 4801 > Any commercial terms stated or implied are subject to final approval and > negotiations. Not an offer or acceptance. > All correspondence directly pertaining to the act of doing business will > continue to be transmitted for your information as allowed under the SPAM Act > 2003. This includes but is not limited to quotes, order confirmation, and > shipment advices. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of > Ronda Brown > Sent: Wednesday, 11 November 2009 9:03 AM > To: WAMUG Mailing List > Subject: Re: 10.6.2 > > > > On 11/11/2009, at 8:50 AM, Peter Hinchliffe wrote: > >> >> >> On 11/11/2009, at 8:31 AM, Hugh Griffiths wrote: >> >>> Hi, I updated both my computers yesterday to 10.6.2 using the combo >>> updater, now none of my firewire disks are recognised, help!!, how do I go >>> back to 10.6.1?, can I just download the 10.6.1 combo updater and reinstall? >>> Hugh >> >> You'll have to go back to your original 10.6 Installer DVD and reinstall. >> Note that the SL Installer no longer gives you the option of "Archive and >> Install". It now does this by default. After reinstalling from the DVD, THEN >> apply the 10.6.1 update. >> >> BTW - I uploaded to 10.6.2 last night, and this morning my >> permanently-attached Firewire MyBook is working fine. It might be best to >> check some of the user forums before burning any bridges. Try some standard >> troubleshooting procedures: restarting in Verbose Mode, repairing >> permissions, that sort of thing. >> > > I agree with Peter & Greg. I updated using the Combo 10.6.2 yesterday and did > my normal backup to two external Firewire Drives last night without any > problems. > > In System Profiler are the Firewire Ports showing? > Did you repair permissions after updating? > > Cheers, > Ronni > > 17" MacBook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo > 2.4 GHz / 4GB / 800MHz / 500GB > OS X 10.6.1 Snow Leopard > Cheers, Ronni 17" MacBook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz / 4GB / 800MHz / 500GB OS X 10.6.1 Snow Leopard -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This e-mail, including any attached files, may contain confidential and privileged information for the sole use of the intended recipient. Any review, use, distribution, or disclosure by others is strictly prohibited. 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