Firewire Problems : Mounting iPod Using External HD - iBook G4?

I cannot get my iPod to mount on the iBook's desktop. iBook is a 1.33Ghz G4.
I have a 1st generation iPod and bought an external Seagate HD (160GB) and a drive enclosure (the latter included an external powerblock, I can post the make/model if needed). I bought the HD in with the intention of storing my iTunes music library.
I've never had a problem mounting the iPod on the iBook via the Firewire port. Using the external HD is a different story. Because the iBook has only a single Firewire port, I connect the external HD to the iBook's Firewire Port and then connect the iPod to the Firewire port on the back of the external HD. When in this configuration, the iPod fails to mount on the desktop.
I've done a temporary, barebones workaround by copying a few critical music files onto my iBook's HD iTune library and then just downloading those few files to the iPod. But this is a huge PITA. My iPod is pretty much crippled if I cannot load the music files I need on it. I'm frozen out of my music library. My iPod only is only 5gig capacity & will not store my entire music library, so I need to have the flexibility to load the music I want, when I want.
Can any one advise what, if anything can be done to get the iPod to mount while connected to the external HD?
Thanks a bunch for any assistance.

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During song/playlist/content (not software update or restore) updating function one of two things would happen:
- update would freeze at some point of the transfer (5, 74, 687 songs in to the update) and I would have to force quite itunes and, not being able to dismount the ipod through recommended procedure, I would physically dismount the ipod and receive a scolding for improper dismounting of device.
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- disconnected power cable from G4 (for laptops I would guess that the battery would need to be removed, not sure if that causes any other problems though, please research)and let sit for about 30 minutes.
- reconnected all cables and restarted computer. Ports should be reset at that point
- I took the added measure to restart my computer once with nothing attached to USB and firewire ports and then powering down with front panel button before connecting cables and proceding with final restart.
RESULT:
Faultless transfer of 37.6 gigs of content in less that 45 minutes.
LINKS:
http://discussions.info.apple.com/webx?128@@.68bb1cb3
Dale Weisshaar, "Security Update killed my firewire ports" #1, 08:28pm Sep 27, 2005 CDT
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This worked perfectly for me!!!
SOMEBODY PLEASE TAG THIS POST!!!
i have had the problem that everyone has posted about (i.e. - updated iTunes/iPod software and had the update/freeze problem, tried all solutions, to no avail, and was pretty much screwed.)
JUST DO EXACTLY WHAT HE SAYS TO DO (powermac g5, by the way):
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Is this a common thing or is it a problem with Western digital hard drives (although i thought they were a pretty big brand).
Any help would really be appreciated.

if I want to copy all those song files onto my iPod, they have to be copied into itunes first, and there's not nearly enough space on my desktop for that.
No, you don't have to copy the tracks to your internal hard drive. Just turn off the "copy music to iTunes Music Folder when adding" option in the iTunes Advanced preferences. Then use the "Add To Library" menu command and select the appropriate folder(s) on your external drive. iTunes will add the tracks to the Library but not move them to the internal drive.
Once that's done, use iTunes to transfer the music to the iPod. You can then, if iTunes is set for manual synchronization, remove the tracks from the Library if you want to remove the reference to the external drive.

Firewire problems when using externalsound card

Hello I seem to be experiencing problems with the firewire port when connecting an external sound card, Makie onyx 1220.
All was fine on my old Hp computer but having just spent a small fortune on T410 specifically for use as a performance machine i find that lenovo have made the Ricoh firewire Host controller share the same irq/PCI as one of the usb ports and the intel turbo boost feature, rendering it completely useless for audio work as it interrupts every couple of minuets leaving a high pitched whine.
Why? I'm not sure, apparently this was a problem with computers bought before 1995, it is now 2011 and lenovo, "the professionals choice" seems to think this is still the way to do things, i wish i had done my research before i bought this machine, or did i say peice of junk.
Basically i can disable both the usb Enhanced Host Controller - 3B34, and the Intel Turbo Boost technology driver, but why should i have to?
Maybe there is a way in the bios to fix this to have the Ricoh firewire Host controller set to a new IRQ/PCI, it's own perhaps, as an idea, but given my limited knowledge i fear this may be a hardware problem in the construction of the machine. Well looks like i will be asking for a full refund soon and will certainly post on the audio forums that lenovo is not the choice for someone looking to do Audio work of any kind, professional or amateur.

When i switch off the, turbo boost and usb post set to the same IRQ yes i can use it fine, no cut out.
When it cuts out basically there is just left a high pitched noise with no audio at all except this noise.
I could by an express card, maybe there is a problem with this as well by the sounds of it but really lenovo should make sure their top end machines are working rather then me having to disable parts of the machine and spend more cash on external hardware.
I bought from lenovo and will phone up tomorrow asking for a refund as it is a problem with the construction of the machine and not just because i don't like it, really a waste of time for audio, not stable not suitable and definitely not professional.
I know they do sell it as an audio machine but neither do Mac, I guess the reputation comes from the days when think pads were IBM and the hardware and drivers were better integrated and designed, alas does not seem to still be the case.
Hope to get a full refund and then buy a better more stable machine, possibly a mac.
I know people working with audio are t not there main client base and therefore there will be no interest in this thread from Lenovo but a machine at this price end should be stable enough to handle this sort of work with out additional hardware.
Hope you read this before purchase if you are thinking of one of these machines for audio, DON'T, not worth the time or money.

Problem: mounting multiple Firewire devices

I'm using a Mac Pro (early 2009) which has 4 Firewire ports.
Today I connected two Firewire Compact Flash readers (I want to be able to export files from two cards at the same time). The first CF card mounted properly. When I put the second CF card in the second Firewire CF reader it caused both readers to crash. The error message reads that I didn't disconnect the card reader properly (which doesn't make any sense).
Does anyone know what the problem is?

Ok, I just found out what the problem is.
The Firewire readers which I use (Hama Traveldrive) have the same ID.
That's why the Firewire bus crashes once I insert the second CF card in the second reader. I just sent the support an email and asked if it's possible to manually change the device ID.

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