Unplugged LaCie w/o ejecting, now it won't remount

Let me say right off that I know it's not good to unplug a FW drive w/o enjecting, however the Finder crashed on my computer and wasnt' able to eject it, rather I had to hold down the power button in order for it to turn off.
So, now it won't mount... any suggestions?
Thanks!

Hello Again! That's odd as I've never seen a firewire ext drive without one but anyway does it have it's own power supply? If so unplug the a/c to it when trying the procedure. If it doesn't have it's own power supply it must be bus powered so removing anything else on the bus might help.Tom

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