[X4U] FireWire weirdness...

[William Scammell]

Okay gang, it's my turn to ask for help/suggestions. And of course,  
thanks in advance:


HARDWARE

1) Alum 1.5Ghz, 1.5GB RAM, osX.4.4 -- 8 months old, works just fine  
and there's tons of space left on the HD.

2) Maxtor 300GB external HD -- 3 days old, brand spanking new -- both  
partitions work just fine. Carbon Copy Cloner worked far better than  
the enclosed Retrospect Express. (Side Comment: I've never gotten RE  
to work in a zillion years. Not a big concern, as I prefer to drag  
project folders over for archival purposes.)

3) Maxtor 80GB external FW HD -- 3.5 years old -- **ain't quite  
working**



BASIC PROBLEM

osX.4.4 sees the 80GB Maxtor HD in System Profiler, but doesn't mount  
the drive to the desktop. (* I've included details further below from  
System Profiler. *)



SOME TESTS I'VE TRIED

I can print to my Epson 2200 daisy chaining through the *not quite  
working* 80GB Maxtor, so I know that the FW400 from my Alum, through  
the 80GB Max, to the Epson is fine. [In one test, I went through the  
FW800 port, through the 300GB, through the 80GB, to the Epson.]

the one thing I've noticed, is that the 80GB Maxtor does not indicate  
an osX "mount point" nor os9 "driver" (via System Profiler output  
seen below) compared to the working 300GB Maxtor. I'm guessing this  
is the problem (or a sub-board in the case). So, *how* do I force osX  
to mount this infernal thang?

BTW, this non-mounting problem also exists on if I connect the 80GB  
Maxtor to my trusty Ti500.




DETAILS

details from osX System Profiler for the 80GB drive:

1394 Disk Drive:

   Manufacturer:	Maxtor
   Model:	0x0
   GUID:	0x10B90000001395
   Maximum Speed:	Up to 400 Mb/sec
   Connection Speed:	Up to 400 Mb/sec
   Sub-units:
1394 Disk Drive Unit:
   Unit Software Version:	0x10483
   Unit Spec ID:	0x609E
   Firmware Revision:	0xA0B82D
   Product Revision Level:	60
   Sub-units:
1394 Disk Drive SBP-LUN:
   Capacity:	76.33 GB
   Removable Media:	Yes
   BSD Name:	disk1
   OS9 Drivers:	No
   S.M.A.R.T. status:	Not Supported
   Volumes:
Maxtor:
   Capacity:	76.33 GB
   Writable:	Yes
   File System:	Journaled HFS+
   BSD Name:	disk1s3
   Mount Point:	






William Scammell
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