[1394] Re: drive won't mount. OS 8.6

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Try resintalling the FireWire drivers.  They should all show as extensions.

Also open the Extensions Manager to make certain that all extensions are
loaded

What chip is used on the PCI card?


> Greetings All,
> 
> I just installed a firewire/usb pci card in my venerable Mac 9500
> running OS 8.6 and haven't been able to see my firewire drive on the
> desktop.
> 
> Details:
> PPC G-4 (upgrade card in proc. slot)
> OS 8.6
> Firewire Enabler 2.3.3 (latest driver listed for OS 8.6 as far as I know)
> Firewire Cardbus Enabler 2.3.3
> Firewire Support 2.3.3
> Drive: EZQuest Cobra+
> 
> One thing I've noticed is that the Firewire Support extension is listed
> in the finder as a document, while the other two are listed as
> extensions. I've tried reinstalling them and it came out the same way.
> Is it supposed to be that way?
> 
> Any ideas would be appreciated. (OS upgrading is not an option due to
> third party hardware issues)
> 
> Thanks,
> David
> 
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