[Duo2400] FireWire drive on 2400 w/9.1?

[Tom Seid]

on 3/22/03 9:32 AM, Ivan Drucker at ivanxqz at yahoo.com wrote:

> Hey listers, maybe you can help me out with this. I've
> been happily using a FireWire external drive on my
> Cardbus-enabled 2400 running Mac OS 8.6, using an IBM
> 1394 card, and the three FireWire extensions from Mac
> OS 9.1. Works like a charm.
> 
> Now I want to use it with 9.1, and I don't think I
> can. On 9.1, you have to insert Cardbus cards after
> the "Welcome to Mac OS" screen during startup. When I
> do this, the card shows up on the desktop, but the
> drive is dead to the world. It doesn't see it at all.
> 
> I went back to 8.6 and tried the same thing, and got
> the same result: if the card isn't present from the
> very beginning of startup, it will show up on the
> desktop but won't see any drives. My guess is that the
> drivers aren't completely loading or something.
> 
> So my question: Is anyone successfully using a
> FireWire external drive on a 2400 running OS 9? Please
> share what you're doing to get it to work -- if there
> are any third party extensions, or whatever. Thanks!!
> 
> Ivan.
>
Yes...I use a Ratoc card with 9.1...it uses 2 of its own drivers...I would
check and see if your particular card has drivers posted at its website for
9.1.
Hope this helps.
Tom