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Mac OS 9 Discussion => Hardware => Storage => Topic started by: Lech on April 11, 2020, 01:58:58 AM

Title: ext. Firewire HDD not recogized by MacOS 9
Post by: Lech on April 11, 2020, 01:58:58 AM

My ext. Firewire HDD is not recogized by  MacOS 9 in my G4. Why?

Title: Re: ext. Firewire HDD not recogized by MacOS 9
Post by: darthnVader on April 11, 2020, 02:46:04 AM

Larger than 128GB partition?

You'll have to give us some more info about the setup.

Does the drive work under OS X on the same Mac?

Built-in FW Bus or PCI FW?

What is the chipset of the enclosure?

Title: Re: ext. Firewire HDD not recogized by MacOS 9
Post by: GaryN on April 11, 2020, 02:25:40 PM

Quote from: darthnVader on April 11, 2020, 02:46:04 AM

Larger than 128GB partition?

You'll have to give us some more info about the setup.

Does the drive work under OS X on the same Mac?

Built-in FW Bus or PCI FW?

What is the chipset of the enclosure?

…AND: Are OS9 drivers installed on that drive?

Title: Re: ext. Firewire HDD not recogized by MacOS 9
Post by: Europa on April 11, 2020, 02:41:28 PM

Quote from: GaryN on April 11, 2020, 02:25:40 PM

Quote from: darthnVader on April 11, 2020, 02:46:04 AM

Larger than 128GB partition?

You'll have to give us some more info about the setup.

Does the drive work under OS X on the same Mac?

Built-in FW Bus or PCI FW?

What is the chipset of the enclosure?

…AND: Are OS9 drivers installed on that drive?

That's what I was thinking might be the case. Also I've just had odd occurences of enclosures not liking drives despite the drive being fine, so if this is a "home-made" drive of sorts, that could possibly be the case.

Title: Re: ext. Firewire HDD not recogized by MacOS 9
Post by: teroyk on April 12, 2020, 03:53:17 PM

Quote from: darthnVader on April 11, 2020, 02:46:04 AM

Larger than 128GB partition?

I haven't seen any limits with external drive. And my first external drive was 160 GB Lacie in 15 years ago.