[Duo2400] Re: FireWire drive on 2400 w/9.1?

[Ivan Drucker]

It's G3 upgraded.

--- Jack Balauro <midijab at socal.rr.com> wrote:
> Is your 2400 G3 upgraded? Or is it stock?
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ivan Drucker" <ivanxqz at yahoo.com>
> To: "Duo/2400 List"
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> Sent: Saturday, March 22, 2003 8:32 AM
> Subject: [Duo2400] FireWire drive on 2400 w/9.1?
> 
> 
> > 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.
> >
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> 3400/200 Only $879! 
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