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USB hard disk mounting
Name: Billwill Date: December 14, 2002 at 12:43:48 Pacific OS: 9.1 CPU/Ram: 604e/336 MB
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Hi there! I got a PCI USB card, and just bought an external USB hard disk case, fitted with a 6,4 GB IDE drive (Seagate). Although i installed the case's driver, MACOS cannot see the drive! any clues??
Name: the pickle Date: December 14, 2002 at 13:28:06 Pacific
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Did you install the latest USB DDK from Apple?
Is the drive set to Master?
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Response Number 2
Name: Billwill Date: December 14, 2002 at 20:29:27 Pacific
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Yes, i installed 1.4.1 DDK from Apple's ftp, and yes, the drive's jumper is set to Master
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Response Number 3
Name: the pickle Date: December 14, 2002 at 21:30:43 Pacific
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Got another drive you can test the enclosure with?
Does Apple System Profiler see it? How about TattleTech?
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Response Number 4
Name: Billwill Date: December 15, 2002 at 12:22:42 Pacific
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Yes, tested it with another drive, still no luck! What is Tattle Tech?? By the way, after installing 1.4.1 DDk i got an error message after booting, the Finder told me "the USB Support Extension is currently disabled" Although i checked the Extensions in Profiler, no extension seems to be deactivated!! Any clues?
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Response Number 5
Name: the pickle Date: December 15, 2002 at 17:00:29 Pacific
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There needs to be something called USB Mass Storage support in there, or at least there used to be.
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Response Number 6
Name: Billwill Date: December 15, 2002 at 19:23:56 Pacific
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USB Mass Storage Support is actually installed, but how do i get the USB Support Extension re-enabled now?
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Response Number 7
Name: the pickle Date: December 15, 2002 at 21:58:14 Pacific
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Use the Extensions Manager.
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Response Number 8
Name: Billwill Date: December 17, 2002 at 08:35:40 Pacific
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I know i should, but the Extensions Manager showed that it was active! Anyway, i uninstalled 1.4.1 DDK, and went back to 1.3.5 which appears to send no errors to the Finder. However, the external USB hard disk still doesn't work! It isn't the USB controller card's fault, because i borrowed an external USB floppy drive, and it worked immediately. Any suggestions??
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Response Number 9
Name: the pickle Date: December 17, 2002 at 12:40:51 Pacific
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Bad enclosure?
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Response Number 10
Name: Billwill Date: December 17, 2002 at 12:44:45 Pacific
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Nope, sorry.. The enclosure is supported by both Winblows platforms and Mac. It actually works superbly over Win 98...
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Response Number 11
Name: the pickle Date: December 17, 2002 at 18:20:46 Pacific
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USB card doesn't like the enclosure?
What brands are the two devices?
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Response Number 12
Name: Billwill Date: December 21, 2002 at 23:32:14 Pacific
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The card is from OWC, the enclosure is from In System Design. it's a PENR35-2000 model. I took it to a friend and hooked it up, and it worked there perfectly! i even formatted the disk and took it back home, but nothing happened! Still no results...
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Response Number 13
Name: the pickle Date: January 2, 2003 at 09:53:25 Pacific
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Sounds like your Mac just doesn't like that combination.
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