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

[support at fwdepot]

Not the chip on the enclosure, the chips on the PCI card (hopefully it has a
TI chip on it)

Definitely reload the extensions, and you don¹t need the cardbus extension
on the 9500

> 
> 
> The chip set is an Oxford 911,
> 
> Thanks for the information about the Support Extension, I thought that
> was odd. I'll try downloading it again since I've already installed the
> one I have twice. I use Conflict Catcher on this machine and indeed the
> Support extension doesn't even show up in there, although it is residing
> in the active extensions folder. It doesn't show up during the init
> parade either.
> 
> support at fwdepot wrote:
> 
>> 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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>> FAQ at <http://www.themacintoshguy.com/lists/FireWireFAQ.shtml>.
>> 
>> ADS Tech.| PYRO Drive Kit: convert your drive to firewire!
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>> 
>>   Cyberian   | Support this list when you buy at Outpost.com!
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>> 
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>> 
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>> 
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> 
> ----------
> MacFireWireTalk list, a listserv for discussion of FireWire on Macintosh.
> FAQ at <http://www.themacintoshguy.com/lists/FireWireFAQ.shtml>.
> 
> ADS Tech.| PYRO Drive Kit: convert your drive to firewire!
> Dr. Bott | Now $169.00 <http://www.drbott.com/prod/ADS.html>
> 
>  Cyberian   | Support this list when you buy at Outpost.com!
>  Outpost    |         http://www.themacintoshguy.com/outpost.shtml
> 
> FireWire | 2.5" and 3.5" FireWire hard disk enclosures
> Depot   | starting at $95!!  <http://www.fwdepot.com>
> 
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