[G4] External Drives Not Mounting

J.M.P.Hissel jomph at xs4all.nl
Tue Nov 28 12:54:57 PST 2006


On 28-11-2006 21:02, SKYGRAM, skygram at gmail.com, wrote:

> Wasn't this a problem that raised it's head during the past year when
> updating Tiger?

IIRC we had this up from Jaguar.
 
> Eventually we were told to disconnect all external firewire drives
> when doing system updates?

IMB/HE it's always the best to disconnect all, except monitor(s), kb and
mouse, before updating! My advice: Take this as an "iron-rule"! It's simple
and sure!
 
> There must be an Apple Knowledge Base document on this subject.

Yep! Do a search for "update OS +rxternal device".

HTH,

Jo Hissel





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