Esata, usb, firewire

I want to get some info about harddrives or cases. my dvr has usb, firewire, and esata ports. my blackbook has usb and firewire. my 360 has usb. should I buy an esata drive and a case that supports all three, or just a plain ole usb drive.

Right now eSATA is not too common on computers, so it would be something that you would be paying for that you would not use for a while.
I would get a good USB/FW drive that uses the Oxford 911 chipset like those from OWC found HERE. Avoid the more common and cheaper Prolific chipsets as they are not as reliable or stable as the Oxford chipsets - for both Macs or PCs.

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MobileSTOR MS2UT + esata + USB + mac pro = never-ending problems

Hey gang,
I seemed to have entered a perfect storm here:
I had purchased the *MobileSTOR MS2UT 2 Bay SATA to eSATA/USB 2.0 RAID 0/1* Enclosure initially for a *dual 800 quicksilver G4* mac that I had, looking for a hardware-based Raid solution for back ups and to not burden the G4 processor. I have replaced the G4 with an early *2008 2.8 dual quad core mac pro*. After two machines and two different PCI sata cards, I've had no luck....
(website for the above enclosure)
http://www.sansdigital.com/mobilestor/ms2ut.html
For starters, in the G4, I had a quality Seritek/1ve2+2 controller that had no problem with two other single drive enclosures, but failed with the MS2UT.
http://www.firmtek.com/seritek/seritek-1ve2plus2/
A glib response from Seritek support says that I should use their enclosure. Digging around I find that I need a controller card that can handle a port multiplier enclosure rather than just any serial ata enclosure. Seems silly to me that the user has to dig for this. I mean the USB & FIREWIRE interfaces don't seem to care: it says USB/FIREWIRE on the effing box of both the controller and on the drive, badda-bing, badda boom: it works. Whats with this high maintenance of esata. Well you get roughly 2-3x the performance so Ok, maybe its worth it.
Well, with the macpro on the horizon,, I give up on the G4, close that unsolved mystery. For the mac pro I figure PCIe, a modern computer, no problem. I get the computer, fish around the internet for an esata PCIe card, then I come across this review of the WiebeTech SilverSATA II which appears to be similar to that of the MobileSTOR:
http://www.amug.org/amug-web/html/amug/reviews/articles/wiebetech/silver2/
It appears that the unit has specific tastes as far as having the right card to make it bootable, multiport aware, etc... (the Sonnet Tempo 4+4 card works but its a PCIx card, not PCIe)
Like I said: install a bootable Mac OS on any USB/firewire drive, plug it into any card, and it works... estata... its russian roulette...
Ok so I round up some vendors, (firmtek, sonnet, Highpoint) send them emails to see what they think: if their latest cards will work with the MS2UT... They are all over the place.. they think it may work, they dunno... it should work, they haven't tested it... then they try to push their own enclosure hardware on me. I mean see an astrologist or have your palm read.. it seems more likely you'll get a more accurate answer from them, rather than vendors... props to Sonnet, though, they list compatibility right on the page with their controller.
then 10.6 comes out... and you email vendors about compatibility on that OS, and they don't even email you back.
So I find this review of the highpoint rocket raid for the mac on the great sight: Barefeats.com
http://www.barefeats.com/hard119.html
to make a long story short:
+KEY FEATURES of the "eSATA for Mac"+
+1. Dual eSATA ports+
+2. 32 and 64-bit EFI onboard+
+3. Able to boot Mac OS X+
+4. Plug and Play for (Oxford and Silicon Image chipset) external storage+
enclosures
+5. 4x PCIe rating+
+6. Support for Direct Attached and Port Multiplied enclosures+
+7. RAID 0, 1, 5, and JBOD support using browser-based manager+
+8. Native support for Snow Leopard+
+9. Compatible with 2006 - 2009 Mac Pro+
I should be set, right? WRONG!
I email highpoint, detailing that I planned to mix both Port multiplied (PM) and direct access (DA) enclosures on the same card at the same time. They say maybe (only describing the PM enclosure, not even mentioning the DA enclosure compatibility as I specified), since its a raid card and I intended to use it with an enclosure with its own raid hardware, however they say they see no issues. Well it shows they don't even know their own hardware: Their docks say that the card supports PM enclosures as well as DA (direct access) enclosures. Their web based software even shows the two as separate categories. What is buried in the manual and not cleared up by tech support or their product page is that YOU CAN'T MIX PM AND DA ENCLOSURES ON THE CARD AT THE SAME TIME!!! I explained more in the paragraph above than any tech support from any company. Unbelievable where support has gone these days.
I discover the above because I found the card at Fry's believe it not and since they have a generous return policy I tried it out and learned the above the hard way. No dice on the MS2UT with what is perhaps the most forgiving esata card for the mac.
So more hunting on the web, this time the enclosure's manufacture site: sans digital.
http://www.sansdigital.com/mobilestor/ms2ut.html
...clicking on the accessories tab I find several esata adapter cards... funny that they include ones that don't appear to support PM enclosures... Anyway, I study two that state they supports port multipliers:
http://www.sansdigital.com/adapters/ha-san-4espcix2.html:
http://www.sansdigital.com/adapters/ha-dat-4espcie.html
Ok, I may not get a bootable enclosure.. I just want to get this thing working in esata since cloning my internal raid on the mac pro takes 8 hours using usb, and my main purpose is to maintain a clone so I make my compromise.
I should be set, right? WRONG!
reading the fine print on both cards it says:
*(Please note that the host adapter card is based on Silicon Image chipset, which currently only support up to MAC OS 10.5.1 by Silicon Image.)*
I do more research, it seems any manufacturer using chips by Silicon Image will have an issue with 10.6 macs! On some websites it says Silicon Image will never release a driver. On firmtek it says they make their own driver and swears that it works. At the Silicon Image website they say they are an OEM provider so don't bother them, and that its up to the vendor to make a compatible driver. Sheesh!!
I don't get it.. whats the point in having an esata sticker if it appears to come in more flavors than an ice cream shop!
Oh and it gets better: I go to the sonnet site, thinking they have to have something that works, looking at their latest tempo SATA E4P:
http://www.sonnettech.com/product/temposatae4p.html
well, the fine print is EXHAUSTIVE, but again props to Sonnet for making it crystal clear:
(4) Sonnet Tempo cards are compatible with most external SATA storage. However, external hard drives with USB 2.0/eSATA dual interface based on the Oxford Semiconductor OXU931DS storage controller chip may not be compatible with Mac OS X when connected via SATA. Known issues are kernel panics occurring when the drive is connected, or the drive not being recognized by the operating system.
+Summary of external SATA storage+
+• Storage with eSATA alone +
Compatible
+• Storage with triple interfaces +
Compatible
+• Storage with eSATA plus Firewire 400 and/or 800 +
Compatible
+• Storage with port multiplier support (multiple drives) +
Compatible
+• Storage with RAID 0, 1, or 5 (multiple drives) +
Compatible
+• Storage with eSATA plus USB (based on JMicron 20366) +
Compatible
+ these compatible drives include, but are not limited to:+
+- OWC Mercury On-the-Go USB 2.0/eSATA 2.5" portable+
+• Storage with eSATA plus USB (based on Oxford OXU931DS) +
+not compatible+
+ these incompatible drives include, but are not limited to:+
+- Western Digital My Book™ Premium ES Edition™+
+- Seagate Technology FreeAgent™ Pro+
+Advanced users note that this card is not yet compatible in full 64-bit boot. Snow Leopard default boots in 32-bit mode, except in an Xserve.+
So in short: if you have an enclosure that has both USB and esata, but does not use the JMicron 20366, then it will not be recognized by the card. If you have an enclosure with three interfaes: USB, FW and esata, you're fine. Keep in mind too: most manufacturers don't put the source manufacturer of their chipsets on the box. So I ask..
*HOW IS THE CONSUMER SUPPOSED TO KNOW!*
I swear, a perfect analogy is if I go to best buy, buy a toshiba DVD player only to discover it doesn't play DVD's that contain movies produced by Sony Pictures..because its not a a Sony/columbia House movie. You think consumers would put up with that crap? UNBELIEVABLE...
So now I have this really versatile enclosure that apparently can't run on Mac 10.6 with ANY esata controller for the mac. I really like the design of the enclosure, with its hardware based raid that is hot swappable and has a small footprint. However there seems to be no way to get a controller card for this device that will work on a 10.6 mac.
I guess whats inferred is that you should get an enclosure with the fewest variety of ports, i.e. esata/fw/usb... ironically if it has all three, you are ok, but not if it has usb/esata. Being that USB is the most popular, thats not easy. I'm looking to contact Sans Digital to see if they will exchange it for me, possible for a model with esata/fw800 or an esata only model, if it exists. My last resort is to just use it as a USB drive (my intention was to use it as a clone of my system, with the added security that the enclosure makes a copy of a copy in raid 1), however its like 3x as time consuming than esata.
If anyone has a working MobileSTOR MS2UT/wiebetech SilverSATA II in a 10.5 mac pro, please respond to me with your config. Thanks for reading!

Thank you hatter for your reply.
I'm familiar with OWC, as I've done business with them since 2001, as well as XLR8.
I have a 2008 mac pro so the 2009 model related problems are not an issue in my situation
As I stated above I go to reputable vendors for my hardware who have specific mac experience. I look specifically for hardened compatibility so that there is support for things like deep sleep. The Sans Digital enclosure was over $200..it was not cheap. The USB/Esata combo is the most common interface for the enclosure storage market. Having a compatibility issue is a vendor fault, not the buyer. Having minutiae flavors of esata compatability based on chipsets roulette wheel is inexcusable. The enclosure needs that I have is for the medium to be removable and be able to be rebuilt at the hardware level, i.e. at the enclosure's control panel. To the mac its just a drive. The hotswap and back up is transparent to the OS and mac hardware, and allows me to change from raid 0/1 and do back up right from the enclosure interface.
So far I haven't had problems with USB/Firewire. Meanwhile Esata to me has been nothing but beta testing for vendors and seeing how the chipset manufacturers have gone loosey-goosey on following spec and just dump cheap chinese crap into the market with no pride.
for comparison:
USB/FW, PATA, SATA, SCSI
1) industry standard
2) native drivers
3) bootable. Period.
4) buy a controller card/raid card, plug it in, format, it works even through major OS upgrades.
5) USB/FW: Hot-swapable. Yes it really does work.
Esata:
1) Multiple standards (again, look at the Sonnet website to see the minefield one has to walk through to mate a controller card to an enclosure)
2) non native drivers. Buying an esata card is like marrying into the vendors family. Plus if you manage to get things working and do an OS upgrade, you are playing russian roulette. If you system boots off it, then get life insurance because you may kill yourself.
3)Not bootable and no one seems to care to explain why. Whats odd is that some earlier PCIx cards were bootable (like sonnet Temp 4x4) but their PCIe successors aren't. Not sure if this has to do with the host computer BIOS and/or the current chipsets from SI which rely on custom drivers from the vendors. Another lovely example of this are the ODD_SATA ports on the Mac pro: storage only, not bootable. Sure it makes sense now that I've learned it the hard way, however to users of FW/USB and even IDE, one would think that motherboard ports are bootable. Yes I know this is a mac bios thing and its not even considered as part of the feature set of the computer
4) As I've shown, each controller card seems to be unique, even if its from the same vendor. Even the drivers vary from card to card! Heck even the vendors are unsure as to how compatible their controller cards are with various enclosures. That is proprietary, not industry standard. OS upgrades doesn't seem to provide native driver support for Direct access and/or port multiplying interfaces. The problem with this is that film/video users like myself like to build bullet proof systems, and with raids that I've built from IDE, FW, or USB, I've never had the minutiae of compatibility issues as I've had with esata. I installed an Acard raid controller in my dual 800 back in 2001, installed the drives and forgot about it. it just worked through multiple OS upgrades. Not sure whats gong on with esata.
5) Can't call it hot swappable if I can't get the **** thing to wok in the first place.
My analysis is this: Esata is basically a proprietary format to the vendor that sells the hardware, while USB/FW is an industry standard. I bought a quality enclosure that said "esata", I bought a quality controller that said "esata", it didn't work. I had to learn the hard way about DA and PM enclosures and now about chipset conflicts. I've built computers since the late 80's amiga days, hot-rodding that computer well beyond spec and with custom cooling. SCSI terminators and IDE master/slave issues were easy-cheesey because they followed straightforward rules. This esata stuff is just plain sloppy work on the part of vendors and as Danny Glover said I'm getting to old for this **** as far as being a beta tester for hardware.

Question about USB & Firewire cards

For years we've been used to the Mac way of combining USB and/or firewire ports on to one bus. Plug in a slower device and the other faster devices on SEPARATE ports may slow down to the slower speed (depending on your Mac model, configuration, etc.).
I am looking at PCI cards for USB, firewire, and esata and non of them I've seen mention this. Is it safe to assume that most of them truly have an individual bus per port? In other words, if I plug a slower device into one port, will the other ports generally continue to operate at higher speeds? For instance, if a card has three FW 800 ports, but I plug a 400 device into one of them, will the other two continue to operate at 800 speeds?
Anyone have any recommendations for a good USB & Firewire 800 & 400 card that will negotiate speed per port like I am asking?

It's not a good assumption. Read the adapter's complete specifications carefully, or if you already have the adapter, you can look at the system profiler to see how many separate buses it has.

Usb + firewire issues = kernel panic - help needed!!

Hello, and please forgive my english, I'll do my best!
So, i have a 1,25 Ghz MDD G4, with 2 x 256 Mo RAM sticks (at first), running mac OS 10.3.9.
As the original HD is too small, I work with my documents on an external firewire HD. The HD is plugged on a third party/PCI firwire card that went down.
On the same day I bought a new firewire card (trendNet, it was said to be mac compatible form mac OS 8.6) and 4 x 512 Mo of Ram (Hynix).
It worked just fine for a week and suddenly my mouse froze (and keyboard too > the mouse is plugged on the keyboard). Having no control on my mac (which seemed ok despite the usb deconnection) I had to hard reboot on the central Unit.
I unplugged the usb hub that occupied mu 2nd usb port (there was a wacom tablet and a flsh memory key on it). I left just the keyboard plugged (and mouse plugged on keyboard).
It was fine for... 2 or 3 hours and then it started again > mouse + keyboard deconnecting/freezing (the keyboard is a mac one, the mouse a microsoft one -optical-).
As the small red optical light of the mouse turns off when the mouse freezes I first thought the mouse or keyboard itself was the culprit.
I tested both of them them on a macbook and they worked just fine (never had a problem with them).
I ran disk utility, repaired the permissions. And it seemed better for a couple of hours.
When it happened again I unplugged the keyboard and plugged it on the 2nd usb port (which was free since I had unplugged everything else) > the mouse "came back to life" and I didn't have to reboot. But it happened again, like 2-3 times (every hour/half hour) until swapping the usb plug on the UC doesn't solve the problem anymore > hard reboot again...
Then I tried EVERYTHING
booting with techtool CD > everything ok, no pb found
running onyx to empty the cash and rerepair the permissions > ibid, no pb
resetting the PRAM with cmd-alt-p-r
resetting the PMU
resetting the usb and firewire ports after each hard reboot
cleaning the dust
removing my old scsi pci card (not used for ages)
moving my new firewire card on an another slot
installing a firmware update
nothing has solved the problem... it seems to arrive randomly, but mostly (more frequently) when working with several apps open.
The cursor seems to freeze for very very short periods (as a warning!) until it freezes for good > it's exactly as if the usb didn't deliver any electricity for micro laps of time (and it is the case I guess as my optical mouse light turns off).
So I change the usb plug into the other port and it works for a while, just as if only one usb port was functional at a time, but it always ends with a hard reboot (no choice).
It's always scary but it's also very annoying as my Western Digital Mybook external drive refuses to mount on desktop after hard reboots... I have to unplug it, replug it, restart etc... well this HD is a pain but I guess it's because it's in FAT 32 (since I forgot to format it when I bought it). So I don't bother too much about the HD itself, but however it seems that the firewire card suffers from this : I have a lot of trouble mounting 2 disks at a time (but with all this I need to backup!). It's like the fiwewire ports (of the pci card) suffered from the same pain as the usb : one at the time! and when I finally mount both external HDs, if I unplug one (after unmounting it and switching it off) the computer freezes.
Then one day I opened itunes, and... kernel panic...
That was 4 days ago I think and I've had like 3-4 KP since then (one a day). These kernel panic happen just as randomly as my usb deconnexions...
Today I tried my last chance : removing the new Hynix ram and putting back my 2 old 256 rams.
It was ok for a pair of hours and then > mouse freeze and kernel panic again...
I reaaally need help, I don't know what to do anymore. I've spent my last week unplugging usb plugs, opening my UC, repairing permissions etc...
now I feel helpless...
Here are some extracts of console logs I've had :
some :
May 14 22:57:42 localhost kernel: 0 0 AppleUSBCDCECMData: probe - provider doesn't want us to match
May 14 22:57:43 localhost kernel: 0 0 AppleUSBCDCWMCData: probe - provider doesn't want us to match
May 14 22:57:43 localhost kernel: 0 0 AppleUSBCDCACMData: probe - provider doesn't want us to match
tons and tons (but really!!) of these :
AppleUSBOHCI[0x1382800]::MakeDevice error setting address. err=0xe00002ed device=0x1f16000 - releasing device
May 14 23:08:26 localhost kernel: USBF: 715.217 IOUSBDevice[0x1654000]: Error (0xe00002ed) getting device device descriptor
May 14 23:08:26 localhost kernel: USBF: 715.248 IOUSBDevice[0x1654000]: Error (0xe00002ed) getting device device descriptor
May 14 23:08:26 localhost kernel: USBF: 715.279
IOUSBDevice[0x1654000]: Error (0xe00002ed) getting device device descriptor
May 14 23:09:02 localhost kernel: USBF: 750.962 IOUSBDevice[0x13e5600]: Error (0xe00002ed) getting device device descriptor
May 14 23:09:02 localhost kernel: USBF: 750.993 IOUSBDevice[0x13e5600]: Error (0xe00002ed) getting device device descriptor
May 14 23:09:02 localhost kernel: USBF: 751. 24 IOUSBDevice[0x13e5600]: Error (0xe00002ed) getting device device descriptor
May 14 23:09:02 localhost kernel: USBF: 751. 28 IOUSBDevice[0x13e5600]: Error (0xe00002ed) getting device device descriptor
May 14 23:09:37 localhost kernel: USBF: 786. 65 IOUSBDevice[0x2056d00]: Error (0xe00002ed) getting device device descriptor
May 14 23:09:37 localhost kernel: USBF: 786. 96 IOUSBDevice[0x2056d00]: Error (0xe00002ed) getting device device descriptor
May 14 23:09:37 localhost kernel: USBF: 786.127 IOUSBDevice[0x2056d00]: Error (0xe00002ed) getting device device descriptor
May 14 23:09:37 localhost kernel: USBF: 786.131 IOUSBDevice[0x2056d00]: Error (0xe00002ed) getting device device descriptor
May 14 23:10:09 localhost kernel: USBF:
tons on this too :
2136.248 AppleUSBOHCI[0x127f000] Watchdog detected dead controller (hcca #: 12727, hc #: 58749)
May 15 00:56:15 localhost kernel: USBF: 2137.248 AppleUSBOHCI[0x127f000] Watchdog detected dead controller (hcca #: 12727, hc #: 59726)
May 15 00:56:16 localhost kernel: USBF: 2138.248 AppleUSBOHCI[0x127f000] Watchdog detected dead controller (hcca #: 12727, hc #: 60703)
May 15 00:56:17 localhost kernel: USBF: 2139.248 AppleUSBOHCI[0x127f000] Watchdog detected dead controller (hcca #: 12727, hc #: 61680)
May 15 00:56:18 localhost kernel: USBF: 2140.248 AppleUSBOHCI[0x127f000] Watchdog detected dead controller (hcca #: 12727, hc #: 62657)
May 15 00:56:19 localhost kernel: USBF: 2141.248 AppleUSBOHCI[0x127f000] Watchdog detected dead controller (hcca #: 12727, hc #: 63634)
May 15 00:56:20 localhost kernel: USBF: 2142.248 AppleUSBOHCI[0x127f000] Watchdog detected dead controller (hcca #: 12727, hc #: 64611)
May 15 00:56:34 localhost kernel: USBF: 2156.248 AppleUSBOHCI[0x127f000] Watchdog detected dead controller (hcca #: 12727, hc #: 13052)
May 15 00:56:35 localhost kernel: USBF: 2157.248 AppleUSBOHCI[0x127f000] Watchdog detected dead controller (hcca #: 12727, hc #: 14029)
May 15 00:56:36 localhost kernel: USBF: 2158.272 AppleUSBOHCI[0x127f000] Watchdog detected dead controller (hcca #: 12727, hc #: 15030)
May 15 00:56:37 localhost diskarbitrationd[87]: disk2s9 hfs 6950CF0C-02C2-3F9E-B5D5-EFC293557C95 PowerMac Software /Volumes/PowerMac Software
May 15 00:56:37 localhost kernel: USBF: 2159.272 AppleUSBOHCI[0x127f000] Watchdog detected dead controller (hcca #: 12727, hc #: 16007)
May 15 00:56:38 localhost kernel: USBF: 2160.272 AppleUSBOHCI[0x127f000] Watchdog detected dead controller (hcca #: 12727, hc #: 16984)
May 15 00:56:39 localhost kernel: USBF: 2161.272 AppleUSBOHCI[0x127f000] Watchdog detected dead controller (hcca #: 12727, hc #: 17961)
May 15 00:56:40 localhost kernel: USBF: 2162.272 AppleUSBOHCI[0x127f000] Watchdog detected dead controller (hcca #: 12727, hc #: 18938)
May 15 00:56:41 localhost kernel: USBF: 2163.272 AppleUSBOHCI[0x127f000] Watchdog detected dead controller (hcca #: 12727, hc #: 19915)
May 15 00:56:53 localhost syslogd: exiting on signal 15
May 15 01:17:06 localhost syslogd: restart
May 15 01:17:06 localhost syslogd: kernel boot file is /mach_kernel
May 15 01:17:06 localhost kernel: standard timeslicing quantum is 10000 us
May 15 01:17:06 localhost kernel: vmpagebootstrap: 125572 free pages
May 15 01:17:06 localhost kernel: migtable_maxdispl = 68
May 15 01:17:06 localhost kernel: IOKit Component Version 7.9:
May 15 01:17:06 localhost kernel: Wed Mar 30 20:07:52 PST 2005; root(rcbuilder):RELEASE_PPC/iokit/RELEASE
May 15 01:17:07 localhost kernel: 82 prelinked modules
May 15 01:17:07 localhost kernel: Copyright (c) 1982, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1993
May 15 01:17:07 localhost kernel: The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
May 15 01:17:07 localhost kernel:
May 15 01:17:07 localhost kernel: using 1310 buffer headers and 1310 cluster IO buffer headers
May 15 01:17:07 localhost kernel: Local FireWire GUID = 0x110600:0x2a1bd
May 15 01:17:07 localhost kernel: Local FireWire GUID = 0xa95ff:0xfeef67e0
May 15 01:17:07 localhost kernel: Security auditing service present
May 15 01:17:07 localhost kernel: BSM auditing present
May 15 01:17:07 localhost kernel: From path: "/pci@f4000000/ata-6@d/disk@0:10,\mach_kernel", Waiting on <dict ID="0"><key>IOPathMatch</key><string ID="1">IODeviceTree:/pci@f4000000/ata-6@d/@0:10</string></dict>
May 15 01:17:07 localhost kernel: Got boot device = IOService:/MacRISC2PE/pci@f4000000/AppleMacRiscPCI/ata-6@D/AppleKauaiATA/ATADev iceNub@0/IOATABlockStorageDriver/IOATABlockStorageDevice/IOBlockStorageDriver/ST 380011A Media/IOApplePartitionScheme/AppleHFS_Untitled2@10
May 15 01:17:07 localhost kernel: BSD root: disk0s10, major 14, minor 9
May 15 01:17:07 localhost kernel: AppleCPUThermo couldn't parse platform functions
May 15 01:17:07 localhost kernel: Jettisoning kernel linker.
May 15 01:17:07 localhost kernel: Resetting IOCatalogue.
May 15 01:17:07 localhost kextd[84]: registering service "com.apple.KernelExtensionServer"
May 15 01:17:10 localhost kernel: Matching service count = 0
May 15 01:17:10 localhost kernel: AppleRS232Serial: 0 0 AppleRS232Serial::start - returning false early, Connector or machine incorrect
May 15 01:17:10 localhost kernel: rtclock timebase_callback: late old 1000000000 / 41656700 new 1000000000 / 41656251
May 15 01:17:13 localhost SystemStarter: Bienvenue sur Macintosh.
May 15 01:17:14 localhost kernel: UniNEnet: Ethernet address 00:0a:95:ef:67:e0
May 15 01:17:14 localhost kernel: IOFireWireIP: FireWire address 00:11:06:00:00:02:a1:bd
May 15 01:17:14 localhost kernel: IOFireWireIP: FireWire address 00:0a:95:ff:fe:ef:67:e0
May 15 01:17:14 localhost lookupd[125]: lookupd (version 324.13) starting - Thu May 15 01:17:14 2008
May 15 01:17:15 localhost ConsoleMessage: Starting Apple Multicast DNS Responder
May 15 01:17:15 localhost ConsoleMessage: Starting timed execution services
May 15 01:17:15 localhost ConsoleMessage: Starting SecurityServer
May 15 01:17:15 localhost SystemStarter: D?marrage du r?pondeur DNS multi-diffusion Apple
May 15 01:17:15 localhost SystemStarter: D?marrage des services ? ex?cution diff?r?e
May 15 01:17:15 localhost ConsoleMessage: Starting kernel event agent
May 15 01:17:15 localhost mDNSResponder[147]: mDNSResponder-58.8.1 (Jan 31 2005 21:11:41) starting
May 15 01:17:15 localhost mDNSResponder[147]: SetupAddr invalid sa_family 0
May 15 01:17:15 localhost diskarbitrationd[87]: disk0s10 hfs 3A48DD89-B2C1-3D82-A158-1469A7237FD8 Sans titre /
May 15 01:17:15 localhost diskarbitrationd[87]: disk1s9 hfs 6950CF0C-02C2-3F9E-B5D5-EFC293557C95 PowerMac Software [not mounted]
May 15 01:17:16 localhost SystemStarter: Starting SecurityServer
May 15 01:17:16 localhost SystemStarter: D?marrage de l?agent d??v?nement du kernel
May 15 01:17:16 localhost ConsoleMessage: Initializing network
May 15 01:17:16 localhost SystemStarter: Initialisation du r?seau
May 15 01:17:16 localhost ConsoleMessage: Checking disks
May 15 01:17:18 localhost kernel: UniNEnet::monitorLinkStatus - Link is up at 100 Mbps - Full Duplex
May 15 01:17:18 localhost configd[86]: executing /System/Library/SystemConfiguration/Kicker.bundle/Contents/Resources/set-hostna me
May 15 01:17:19 localhost set-hostname[190]: setting hostname to ordi.local
May 15 01:17:21 localhost kernel: ATY,Pheonix_A: vram [9c000000:04000000]
May 15 01:17:21 localhost configd[86]: posting notification com.apple.system.config.network_change
May 15 01:17:21 localhost configd[86]: executing /System/Library/SystemConfiguration/Kicker.bundle/Contents/Resources/enable-net work
May 15 01:17:21 localhost mach_init[2]: Server 2ac7 in bootstrap d03 uid 0: "/usr/sbin/lookupd": exited as a result of signal 1 [pid 125]
May 15 01:17:21 localhost configd[86]: executing /System/Library/SystemConfiguration/Kicker.bundle/Contents/Resources/set-hostna me
May 15 01:17:21 localhost lookupd[195]: lookupd (version 324.13) starting - Thu May 15 01:17:21 2008
May 15 01:17:21 localhost ConsoleMessage: Starting network time synchronization
May 15 01:17:21 localhost set-hostname[220]: setting hostname to ordi.local
May 15 01:17:23 localhost kernel: ATY,Pheonix_B: vram [98000000:04000000]
May 15 01:17:23 localhost SystemStarter: The "HasShadow" window property is obsolete. Use CGSSetWindowShadowAndRimParameters(cid, wid, 0.0,0.0, 0,0, CGSNoShadowStyle) to turn off the window shadow instead. Set a break-point on CGSLogMessage to find out where this property is set.
May 15 01:17:23 localhost ConsoleMessage: Loading Shared IP extension
May 15 01:17:23 localhost ntpdate[239]: ntpdate [email protected] Fri Sep 12 18:30:10 PDT 2003 (1)
May 15 01:17:24 localhost ConsoleMessage: Starting printing services
May 15 01:17:24 localhost ntpdate[239]: step time server 17.72.133.45 offset 0.090631 sec
May 15 01:17:24 localhost ntpd[262]: ntpd [email protected] Fri Sep 12 18:30:03 PDT 2003 (1)
May 15 01:17:24 localhost ntpd[262]: precision = 8 usec
May 15 01:17:24 localhost ConsoleMessage: Starting network file system
May 15 01:17:24 localhost diskarbitrationd[87]: disk2s1 msdos 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000 My Book /Volumes/My Book
May 15 01:17:24 localhost automount[288]: automount version 57
May 15 01:17:24 localhost syslogd: /dev/console: Input/output error
May 15 01:17:24 localhost init: kernel security level changed from 0 to 1
May 15 01:17:24 localhost mach_init[2]: Server 0 in bootstrap d03 uid 0: "/usr/libexec/fix_prebinding": exited with non-zero status 1 [pid 301]
May 15 01:17:24 localhost ConsoleMessage: Starting Apple File Service
May 15 01:17:25 localhost automount[311]: automount version 57
May 15 01:17:25 localhost ConsoleMessage: Starting Apache web server
May 15 01:17:25 localhost /usr/sbin/AppleFileServer: Sent launch request message to DirectoryService mach_init port
May 15 01:17:25 localhost DirectoryService[323]: Launched version 1.8.5 (v258.3)
May 15 01:17:26 localhost ConsoleMessage: Loading IP Firewall extension
May 15 01:17:27 localhost kernel: IP packet filtering initialized, divert enabled, rule-based forwarding enabled, default to accept, logging disabled
May 15 01:17:27 localhost kernel: IPv6 packet filtering initialized, default to accept, logging disabled
May 15 01:17:27 localhost kernel: IP firewall loaded
May 15 01:17:27 localhost ConsoleMessage: Starting internet services
May 15 01:17:27 localhost /usr/sbin/httpd: Sent launch request message to DirectoryService mach_init port
May 15 01:17:27 localhost xinetd[351]: xinetd Version 2.3.11 started with libwrap options compiled in.
May 15 01:17:27 localhost xinetd[351]: Started working: 2 available services
May 15 01:17:28 localhost automount[311]: logout notification received.
May 15 01:17:28 localhost automount[311]: requesting logout processing.
May 15 01:17:28 localhost automount[288]: logout notification received.
May 15 01:17:28 localhost automount[288]: requesting logout processing.
May 15 01:17:28 localhost automount[311]: handledeferredrequests: user logged out.
May 15 01:17:28 localhost automount[288]: handledeferredrequests: user logged out.
May 15 01:17:29 localhost kernel: 0 0 AppleUSBCDCECMData: probe - provider doesn't want us to match
May 15 01:17:29 localhost kernel: 0 0 AppleUSBCDCWMCData: probe - provider doesn't want us to match
May 15 01:17:29 localhost kernel: 0 0 AppleUSBCDCACMData: probe - provider doesn't want us to match
May 15 01:17:29 localhost kernel: InternalUSBModem::setPowerState(1)
May 15 01:17:32 localhost TabletDriver[362]: #### GetFrontProcess failed to get front process (-600)
May 15 01:17:51 localhost diskarbitrationd[87]: SystemUIServer [376]:21019 not responding.
May 15 01:17:52 localhost diskarbitrationd[87]: disk1s9 hfs 6950CF0C-02C2-3F9E-B5D5-EFC293557C95 PowerMac Software /Volumes/PowerMac Software
May 15 01:19:39 localhost kernel: resize: max chain len 22, new table size 8192
May 15 01:27:28 localhost lookupd[195]: NetInfo connection failed for server 127.0.0.1/local
May 15 02:08:31 localhost kernel: USBF: 3107.389 AppleUSBOHCI[0x1281000]::MakeDevice error setting address. err=0xe00002ed device=0x12e8300 - releasing device
and my last panic logs
Mon May 12 14:45:14 2008
Unresolved kernel trap(cpu 0): 0x300 - Data access DAR=0x000000006174696F PC=0x0000000000252638
Latest crash info for cpu 0:
Exception state (sv=0x3B912780)
PC=0x00252638; MSR=0x00009030; DAR=0x6174696F; DSISR=0x40000000; LR=0x0053CB20; R1=0x1C55BC50; XCP=0x0000000C (0x300 - Data access)
Backtrace:
0x02AB8318 0x0053CB20 0x0053BEB0 0x00540044 0x005404F4 0x0053D538 0x00035148 0x00035028
Kernel loadable modules in backtrace (with dependencies):
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHub(2.1.5)@0x539000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily(2.1.5)@0x471000
Proceeding back via exception chain:
Exception state (sv=0x3B912780)
previously dumped as "Latest" state. skipping...
Exception state (sv=0x2EE6AC80)
PC=0x00000000; MSR=0x0000D030; DAR=0x00000000; DSISR=0x00000000; LR=0x00000000; R1=0x00000000; XCP=0x00000000 (Unknown)
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 7.9.0:
Wed Mar 30 20:11:17 PST 2005; root:xnu/xnu-517.12.7.obj~1/RELEASE_PPC
panic(cpu 0): 0x300 - Data access
Latest stack backtrace for cpu 0:
Backtrace:
0x00083498 0x0008397C 0x0001EDA4 0x00090C38 0x0009402C
Proceeding back via exception chain:
Exception state (sv=0x3B912780)
PC=0x00252638; MSR=0x00009030; DAR=0x6174696F; DSISR=0x40000000; LR=0x0053CB20; R1=0x1C55BC50; XCP=0x0000000C (0x300 - Data access)
Backtrace:
0x02AB8318 0x0053CB20 0x0053BEB0 0x00540044 0x005404F4 0x0053D538 0x00035148 0x00035028
Kernel loadable modules in backtrace (with dependencies):
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHub(2.1.5)@0x539000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily(2.1.5)@0x471000
Exception state (sv=0x2EE6AC80)
PC=0x00000000; MSR=0x0000D030; DAR=0x00000000; DSISR=0x00000000; LR=0x00000000; R1=0x00000000; XCP=0x00000000 (Unknown)
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 7.9.0:
Wed Mar 30 20:11:17 PST 2005; root:xnu/xnu-517.12.7.obj~1/RELEASE_PPC
Wed May 14 23:30:32 2008
panic(cpu 0): Uncorrectable machine check: pc = 000000000070FE50, msr = 0000000000149030, dsisr = 42000000, dar = 00000000007D0000
AsyncSrc = 0000000000000000, CoreFIR = 0000000000000000
L2FIR = 0000000000000000, BusFir = 0000000000000000
Latest stack backtrace for cpu 0:
Backtrace:
0x00083498 0x0008397C 0x0001EDA4 0x0009160C 0x000908F8 0x0009402C
Proceeding back via exception chain:
Exception state (sv=0x1FC42280)
PC=0x0070FE50; MSR=0x00149030; DAR=0x007D0000; DSISR=0x42000000; LR=0x0070DBE4; R1=0x0CDBBD20; XCP=0x00000008 (0x200 - Machine check)
Backtrace:
0x0070DB8C 0x0070D808 0x00267FCC 0x00266EAC 0x00266E10
Kernel loadable modules in backtrace (with dependencies):
com.apple.driver.AppleFWOHCI(2.2.10)@0x708000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(1.4)@0x398000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireFamily(1.8.8)@0x407000
Exception state (sv=0x1F638C80)
PC=0x00000000; MSR=0x0000D030; DAR=0x00000000; DSISR=0x00000000; LR=0x00000000; R1=0x00000000; XCP=0x00000000 (Unknown)
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 7.9.0:
Wed Mar 30 20:11:17 PST 2005; root:xnu/xnu-517.12.7.obj~1/RELEASE_PPC
Is my mac dying?? Does all this come from defectible hardware? Is reinstalling a sysem a waste of time?

philomene251 wrote:
Hello, and please forgive my english, I'll do my best!
My complements on that. While I read the post quickly, it was only later that I saw you're in Paris....
Anyway, I'm not an expert on logs (system and panic ones), but from what I can tell there is a problem with the PCI USB/Firewire card you installed. It looks like it's the USB portion of the card; those are happing at startup when I'm pretty sure there's a kind of initial checking of the PCI cards.
May 14 22:57:42 localhost kernel: 0 0 AppleUSBCDCECMData: probe - provider doesn't want us to match
AppleUSBOHCI0x1382800::MakeDevice error setting address. err=0xe00002ed device=0x1f16000 - releasing device
IOUSBDevice0x1654000: Error (0xe00002ed) getting device device descriptor
2136.248 AppleUSBOHCI0x127f000 Watchdog detected dead controller (hcca #: 12727, hc #: 58749)
The panics show dependencies to USB and FW:
Kernel loadable modules in backtrace (with dependencies):
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHub(2.1.5)@0x539000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily(2.1.5)@0x471000
Kernel loadable modules in backtrace (with dependencies):
com.apple.driver.AppleFWOHCI(2.2.10)@0x708000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(1.4)@0x398000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireFamily(1.8.8)@0x407000
The problems with the card at startup are probably creating an unstable condition, which in turn is causing kernel panics later on.
Basic things first, whenever you change the hardware setup, e.g. RAM and adding cards, it's a really good idea to reset-PRAM. Did you do that? Try that first, it's simple and easy enough to try.
If resetting the PRAM doesn't help, then try the new PCI card. I re-read your post a few times, but I haven't seen whether you tried removing the PCI FW/USB card to see if that helps. Try your mouse and some other devises on the native USB and FW ports. If you're stable, then it very well could be the card.
Of course there's also the question of the RAM, which you pulled without help. Again, after any change of the hardware (adding RAM, pulling RAM, adding/pulling cards, etc.) even during testing, reset the PRAM at startup.
With new RAM it's usually a good idea to test it, with say AHT CD or Rember. If you test, you might want to do this without the new card. It's a little tricky right now because you added 2 new pieces of HW (RAM and FW/USB card) either which or both could cause the problems you're seeing. OS X is picky about RAM, and the MDDs in particular are extremely picky about RAM as far as Apple HW is concerned.
Lots of kernel panics can eventually cause damage to the OS X installation. So in the end, it may be worth re-installing. But, before you take that route. Try the simple things like removing the PCI FW/USB card & testing, and testing the RAM. Take it one step at a time.

ESATA/USB Secure Hard Drive is not recongized

Hi all,
I got this cool external hard drive in my work and it have been workin great... until now.
I had it connected to my computer and then my wife turn that computer into hibernation (ohh no), and since that I can't get my computer (any computer) to recongize it. When I connect it I enter my pin and the LED turns green (static) but the computer do not recognize it, it does not even say "found new hardware" when connecting it to a computer (with or without entering pin)
Please help, can I recover my data?
Best regards
Per

Hi,
I had the same problem a few weeks appart with two 500GB eSATA/USB Secure Hard Drives. I had safely disconnected the drive but I only physically disconnected it hours later.
After that, the disk wasn't recognized on any computer I tried it with (Windows or Linux, eSata or USB). After disconnecting the data cable, the led stayed green forever (usually it turns red a few seconds later).
I was able to make it work again by performing a complete reset (but of course everything was erased and I had to re-partition the drive).
Fortunately these drives are used for backups so I didn't lose any data. But it is worrying to know that we can't rely on it so much... It would be great to come up with a upgrade that would make the disk more robust for that kind of problems. I didn't find anything for this product on Lenovo's support website...
Best regards,
Nathalie

Iomega eGo 2TB USB/Firewire 800 drive not working with Time Machine.

The drive I had for Time Machine died and I replaced it with an iomega eGo 2 TB USB/Firewire 800 drive. Time Machine finds it and backs up the disk when I first boot up but then it seems like the drive goes off line. At that point, when Time Machine tires to back up it can't get the drive to respond and my system hangs. To fix that, I turn off the iomega that fixes the hang up and I get the disconnect without ejecting warning.
I ran disk utility and disk warrior. Both apps reported the disk is fine.
Can any tell me what's up? I'm running OS X 10.7.2
Thanks.

I am having this exact same error with my new iMac 21.5" connected to a brand new Iomega eGo 2 TB Desktop Firewire 800 External Hard Drive (Mac Edition - 34796).
The TimeMachine backup works fine, but as soon as the iMac goes to sleep and wakes back up, TimeMachine doesn't respond well to any commands and all sorts of errors appear on the screen.
I will try the tip here from Kappy and report back later if this works for me.
Kappy, one thing to note is that I'm using the Firewire connection from the iMac to the eGo and experiencing this problem. The eGo has its own power supply too.

USB/FireWire Ports Issue

So before I go into the apple store and ask for this computer to be repaired/replaced, I would like to see if anyone knows if something can be done about this issue I have pinpointed..
Basically when I have more than a few USB/FireWire ports connected, one or more of the devices does not function properly. This has happened with two external hard drives - which should have no problem being connected simultaneously.. When I try to eject one of them, I receive a message stating that it cannot be ejected because one or more programs may be using it.. although all programs are closed, causing me to have to force eject..
Also, I plug in one drive and open the other in finder to back it up, and all of the folders in the drive are suddenly empty.. nothing inside. I go to Get Info.. Zero KB.. I try ejecting, but receive the same message, so I force eject, plug it back in, and wala, all the files are back in the right place..
This has also happened in the past when my cinema display and a printer were plugged in simultaneously.. the computer won't detect the USB of the cinema display -- which only means that the speakers of the display won't work + no brightness control from the keyboard.. so i let it slide.. but now with this external hard drive issue, i need to solve the problem..
Thank you for reading..

Same here. Since a few weeks, my MacPro ejects USB HDD's as soon as I write or read data on it.
(no I haven't installed something new at this time and all HUB's and HDD's have their own power supply, and yes they have been exchanged, so its not a broken cable or so !!!!!!!!)
After a reset of the NVRAM and PRAM its better for an hour or so, then starts to eject again. I've seen a lot of communities with exact the same question, but never a solution for it. There is also nothing in the support tab of apple.
Hope someone here can help me out or due to the fact that this is a AplleSupportCommunity, a Apple-Employee may starts to do his job and help this huge amount (I guess there are hundrets or tousand) of mac-user with exact the same problem....
btw: don't agree with MACATTACK2010 that this is a hardware problem, cause there are a lot of people in the
net that ask the same question with brandnew Hardware. I think it's an OS or an Update Bug, or may both.

Please Help! - Cannot Access Or See External USB/Firewire Drive

Can anyone help or advise me as I’m really at a loss as how to fix a problem I have with my external hard drive and OX 10.4.6.
I had just completed a fresh install of OS X on my PowerPC iMac G5 using the “Erase & Install” feature.
Everything had gone extremely well, all my applications and settings had been re-set as I normally have them (I made backups) and was able to access my external hard disk, which is a Maxtor OneTouch USB/FireWire 250 GB model.
I then setup a second account for my brother, which I setup as a “Standard” account.
When I then went to access some of the files on my external disk and tried to copy them over to my Desktop, it refused me permission and said that I had to ask the permission of the “Owner’ which it said was Steve (my Brother) which was strange because as I said his account was only setup as a standard account whereas I had an administrator account (and am the main user of the computer).
I went into the Steve's account and looked at the Permissions information using the “Get Info” dialogue box. This showed that the owner was indeed Steve, so I changed it to my Name (Andrew) went back to my account, and found could no longer see the external disk at all.
Returning to Steve’s account I checked the permissions again, and asked it to ignore permissions.
But now I cannot see or access the disk at all in either account, it just does not show up on the desktop or in the Finder Sidebar.
The strange thing is I can see it in “Disk Utility” but when I ask it to either verify or Repair the Disk permissions, it reports that they are all or OK and “no repairs were necessary”.
I have tried connecting the disk with both types of connection - USB2 and the Firewire drive, and the results are exactly the same, the drive is not visible on the Desktop or the Finder Sidebar, but is visible to Disk Utility.
The disk is formatted as a ‘Mac OS Extended (Journaled) drive
Can anyone please tell me how I can get my external disk to show on my computer again, as ALL my backup documents and programs are on the disk, and most of the data cannot be replaced.
Would doing a complete fresh install of the OS X operating system fix this as a last resort?
I hope someone can advise, as I really am desperate.
Thanks
Drusus
20' iMac G5 PowerPC (iSight) 1.5GB Ram Mac OS X (10.4.6)
20' iMac G5 PowerPC (iSight) 1.5GB Ram Mac OS X (10.4.6)

Yes, I didn't think it was very good either!
You are correct in I should have said "Repair Disk" - Verify Permissions is not available on the maxtor drive ( it is dimmed) in Repair Disk.
Until now, the drive has worked perfectly, and I did not install any of Maxtors software when I originally connected the drive to this system, I just formatted it as a Mac Extended and it worked great. It was only after the fresh Erase & Install - even then it worked fine. It was only when I created a new account that the problem started.
What I have done is get hold of a demo version of a program called "Mac Drive 6" which allows you to read any Mac formatted disk or drive on a Windows system, - fortunately i still have my Windows XP Pro system which I have also connected to my home network.
So for the next four days (the length of the demo) I can access all of my files on the disk and copy them to my Windows system.
This is really great because I have all my data and images back which were my biggest concern.
I thought I might get another drive anyhow, and when I have everything backed up on a new drive and on the Windows system, I can then reformat the Maxtor drive and start afresh with it.
Thanks for all your help anyhow.

Compaq Presario CQ61-424SA Laptop - eSATA/USB combo port does not allow eSATA connection

Hi,
I recently purchased an external HDD with eSATA connection for use with my Compaq Presario CQ61-424SA laptop.
The specification on the laptop states it has a eSATA/USB combo port however there doesn't appear to be one. On closer inspection there is 2 USB ports on the right hand side of the laptop (which work fine with USB devices) and one on the left which is slightly wider than the other 2 (which also works fine with USB devices). However when trying to connect an eSATA cable to the port it does not fit and on closer inspection it does not look like the conventional eSATA/USB combo ports.
Does anyone know if this laptop was spec'd incorrectly or does indeed have an eSATA/USB combo port.
The cable I'm using was supplied with the external HDD I brought with connections as shown in this link.. http://www.comesource.com/storeweb/images/cable%20esata%20to%20esata.jpg
Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Hi, I am having the same problem with the "e-sata/usb shared port" , which does not look like a normal e-sata port, and the e-sata connector won't fit in it.
Can anybody help us?

ESATA/USB-Combo-Port on T520 connect to external Harddrive case

Hello.
I have a eSATA/USB-Combo-Port on a T520. I think there are cables to connect a 2,5" Harddisk direct to the Port with only one cable for eSATA and Power.
I am looking for an external case for a 2,5" Harddisk that have a USB-Port (to connect to other Computers) AND a Port for my eSATA/USB-Combo-Port.
Does anyone know where to buy a suitable Case?
I Want to connect the Disk to my T520 using the eSATA speed (with one cable) with the option to connect it to other computers who only have USB 2.0.
Thank you very much.
Jens

Hi Jens,
I haven't thought to look for one of those before. Is this the kind of thing you're after?
http://www.amazon.com/eSATAp-eSATA-USB-External-enclosure-SATA/dp/B009OLHYLO
http://www.amazon.com/eSATAp-Enclosure-2-5-Inch-Aluminum-43106/dp/B007VB79JG
I think eSATAp is the key here, if I understand your question.
[edit] the 1st link is an eSATAp only cable, so it doesn't help with your "other computer" connections.
Z.
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Solaris 10 x86 USB/Firewire Installation

Hello,
I tried to install Solaris 10 x86 01/06 edition on an external hard disk.
The connection is via USB in one case and via Firewire in the other case. In both cases, when the installation devices appear for selection and partitioning, the external hard disk does not appear in the panel.
So, is there any method how to get the Solaris system installed on the external disk. Maybe, there is a method by installing Solaris on an internal hard disk first and then copying it onto the external disk?
For any hints, thanks in advance!
Thomas

Have you had any luck getting this to work.
I am attempting an install on a laptop (Dell Latitude D800). I removed the internal drive so all that was available was the USB drive. The drive is recognized, and everything went well through the first portion of the install. However, upon the first reboot, during the install, the reboot fails.
I then searched these forums (should have done that 1st) and it appears that booting from external drives is not possible in Solaris 10 x86.
Does anyone know if anything in the latest release of Solaris 10 (i.e. 06/06) has corrected/enabled USB/firewire booting?

Mount USB/Firewire drive from shell or cron job

Is there a way to mount a USB/Firewire drive from the shell or possibly mount it using a cron job? Here's the situation. I have a user that keeps all of her data on her desktop or in her Documents folder. I have attached a firewire drive to her PowerMac G5 (OS 10.4.6) and successfully created cron jobs to backup her entire user folder every night. The problem is that she logs off of her computer before she leaves work. When she logs of the firewire drive unmounts and the cron job fails because it cannot find the drive. I was hoping there was a way to mount the drive using a script so that it will mount, let the cron job run, and then possibly unmount the drive afterwards. Any help with this would be much appreciated.
MacMini, PowerMac G5, iMac Mac OS X (10.4.7)

Try adding the following line to the beginning of the job:
mount -a
You may need to add u and/or w to the command after the a without any additional spaces for the mount to work properly.
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Networking a USB/Firewire Drive

I have a USB/Firewire hard drive from Western Digital which I use to backup my PowerBook. I would like to connect this directly to my network so I can use it to backup other machines.
I know that the USB cannot be connected to the USB port on the Airport Extreme Base Station. D-Link sell a Network Storage Enclosure call the DSM-G600 which reports to allow you to connect a USB drive to it an use Bonjour to access it.
Has any done this or got an suggestions of alternatives. I ask as I have purchase D-Link kit before and been disappointed by it.

artistree wrote:
and how do I activate it the (firewall)
To turn on firewall protection:
Choose Apple menu > System Preferences, click Security, and then click Firewall.
Open the Firewall pane of Security preferences
Click the lock icon to unlock it, and then type an administrator name and password.
Click Start to turn on Firewall.
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Macbook Pro OS 10.6.8 will not recognize IOGEAR GUH420 combo usb/firewire hub

My IOGEAR GUH420 combo usb/firewire hub is not being recognized by my MacBook Pro. I have changed usb ports and cables and still no luck.
I have another unpowered Belkin hub that it sees, but not the IOGEAR. I bought the IOGEAR based on Mac forum recommendations.

My IOGEAR GUH420 combo usb/firewire hub is not being recognized by my MacBook Pro. I have changed usb ports and cables and still no luck.
I have another unpowered Belkin hub that it sees, but not the IOGEAR. I bought the IOGEAR based on Mac forum recommendations.

Airport Extreme and USB/Firewire Combo Hub

This has probably been covered before and I didn't find it. So I apologize...
I bought the new Airport Extreme and a firewire/usb combo hub so that I could connect my external HDs (3 are firewire and 1 is USB) - the USB is the only one that is working....
Any Ideas? (Besides putting the Firewire back on the desk top and sucking it up!)
Thanks,
Tim

I have a related question. I want to buy a triple interface drive (ethernet, USB, Firewire). The plan is to connect the drive an ethernet port on an Airport Extreme. The question is - can I later 'daisychain' on an additional firewire drive?
So the first drive would be connected via ethernet and the second connected to the first via firewire.
Based on Niel's post, I am guessing this won't work. Comments?
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