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Gary Chavez · October 22nd, 2003, 12:04 PM

a new wrinkle here.

upon start up, 3 out 4 times this week, the g4 does not see the medea drive. after i restart the mac about 3 times (the raid drive also) it will finally recognize it.

checked cables, used disk utility, what next?

thanks

Jeff Donald · October 22nd, 2003, 12:20 PM

What type of raid is it SCSI, FireWire, or software? Have you repaired permissions lately? Have you installed any recent OS upgrades and what version OS are you running? Have you run Disk Warrior?

Gary Chavez · October 22nd, 2003, 12:24 PM

SCSI
WIHIN THE LAST 2 WEEKS
NO UPGRADES
OSX
DO NOT HAVE dICK wARRIOR.

DID PHYSICALY MOVE ENTIRE EDIT SUITE LAST WEEK, BUT HAS WORKED FINE UNTIL THIS WEEK.

JUST CAME UP, REPAIRING AND VERIFIYING ALL DRIVES AS I WRITE.

Jeff Donald · October 22nd, 2003, 12:49 PM

Did the repairs make any difference? Does it say what was repaired? What version of OS X are you using, 10.2.4, 10.2.5 etc.?

Gary Chavez · October 22nd, 2003, 01:03 PM

REPAIRS MADE NO DFIFFERENCE.
MY FPC3 IS JUST A SPINNING BEACH BALL ON EVERY ACTION I TRY TO PERFORM.

JUST HAD TO PHSICALY SHUT DOWN COMPUTER AND UPON RESTART IT DID NOT SEE THE RAID.
SOMETHING REALLY BAD IS HAPPEINING HERE.

OSX 2.4 I THINK.
I WENT TO THE DISK WARRIOR SITE.
MIGHT AS WELL BUY ONE AND HAVE THE IT GUYS HERE INSTALL IT.

Jeff Price · October 22nd, 2003, 04:32 PM

Don't know about SCSI but sometimes you need to 'reset' Apple's firewire. Completely unplugging the computer for about 15 minutes will sometimes fix balky firewire.

Jeff Donald · October 22nd, 2003, 07:29 PM

Gary, please don't type in all caps it is hard to read and in internet etiquette considered rude, like shouting.

I would contact the RAID manufacture and ask their advice. The software that came with the RAID may need to be reinstalled. Disk Warrior will fix directories etc. You should upgrade the OS to 10.2.6 It has better SCSI support. Use the combo update from Apple's site.

Disk Warrior will need to be run from the install disk. Have you run FSCK -Y yet? It might find some errors and fix them.

Gary Chavez · October 23rd, 2003, 05:47 AM

sorry about the caps.
will check the raid and the osx update.

Jeff Donald · October 23rd, 2003, 06:48 AM

If the drives aren't seen at start-up there are usually two causes. Either a software problem (bad files, or directory) or the drive(s) aren't spinning fast enough. The software that came with the RAID should have a SCSI mounter included (SCSI Probe) that will mount the drive. If the SCSI probe can't find the drive usually it's a hardware problem. Can you hear both drives spinning?

Gary Chavez · October 23rd, 2003, 06:58 AM

yes, it seems according to an the engineer i had move the system and reassemble, come check out this problem yesterday and he seems to think it was just to damn hot (the mac).
upon his suggestion, i moved the mac and placed a fan in front of it and no problems so far.
I hope this solves it.

October 22nd, 2003, 12:04 PM	#1
Gary Chavez Major Player Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: San Antonio Posts: 355	raid not seen a new wrinkle here. upon start up, 3 out 4 times this week, the g4 does not see the medea drive. after i restart the mac about 3 times (the raid drive also) it will finally recognize it. checked cables, used disk utility, what next? thanks

October 22nd, 2003, 12:20 PM	#2
Jeff Donald Warden Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Clearwater, FL Posts: 8,287	What type of raid is it SCSI, FireWire, or software? Have you repaired permissions lately? Have you installed any recent OS upgrades and what version OS are you running? Have you run Disk Warrior? __________________ Jeff Donald Carpe Diem Search DVinfo.net for quick answers \| Where to Buy? From the best in the business: DVinfo.net sponsors

October 22nd, 2003, 12:49 PM	#4
Jeff Donald Warden Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Clearwater, FL Posts: 8,287	Did the repairs make any difference? Does it say what was repaired? What version of OS X are you using, 10.2.4, 10.2.5 etc.? __________________ Jeff Donald Carpe Diem Search DVinfo.net for quick answers \| Where to Buy? From the best in the business: DVinfo.net sponsors

October 22nd, 2003, 04:32 PM	#6
Jeff Price Major Player Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Chico, California Posts: 357	Don't know about SCSI but sometimes you need to 'reset' Apple's firewire. Completely unplugging the computer for about 15 minutes will sometimes fix balky firewire. __________________ Jeff Price Flickerflix Nature Videos flickerflix@yahoo.com

October 22nd, 2003, 07:29 PM	#7
Jeff Donald Warden Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Clearwater, FL Posts: 8,287	Gary, please don't type in all caps it is hard to read and in internet etiquette considered rude, like shouting. I would contact the RAID manufacture and ask their advice. The software that came with the RAID may need to be reinstalled. Disk Warrior will fix directories etc. You should upgrade the OS to 10.2.6 It has better SCSI support. Use the combo update from Apple's site. Disk Warrior will need to be run from the install disk. Have you run FSCK -Y yet? It might find some errors and fix them. __________________ Jeff Donald Carpe Diem Search DVinfo.net for quick answers \| Where to Buy? From the best in the business: DVinfo.net sponsors

October 22nd, 2003, 12:24 PM	#3
Gary Chavez Major Player Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: San Antonio Posts: 355	SCSI WIHIN THE LAST 2 WEEKS NO UPGRADES OSX DO NOT HAVE dICK wARRIOR. DID PHYSICALY MOVE ENTIRE EDIT SUITE LAST WEEK, BUT HAS WORKED FINE UNTIL THIS WEEK. JUST CAME UP, REPAIRING AND VERIFIYING ALL DRIVES AS I WRITE.

October 22nd, 2003, 01:03 PM	#5
Gary Chavez Major Player Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: San Antonio Posts: 355	REPAIRS MADE NO DFIFFERENCE. MY FPC3 IS JUST A SPINNING BEACH BALL ON EVERY ACTION I TRY TO PERFORM. JUST HAD TO PHSICALY SHUT DOWN COMPUTER AND UPON RESTART IT DID NOT SEE THE RAID. SOMETHING REALLY BAD IS HAPPEINING HERE. OSX 2.4 I THINK. I WENT TO THE DISK WARRIOR SITE. MIGHT AS WELL BUY ONE AND HAVE THE IT GUYS HERE INSTALL IT.

October 23rd, 2003, 05:47 AM	#8
Gary Chavez Major Player Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: San Antonio Posts: 355	sorry about the caps. will check the raid and the osx update.

October 23rd, 2003, 06:48 AM	#9
Jeff Donald Warden Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Clearwater, FL Posts: 8,287	If the drives aren't seen at start-up there are usually two causes. Either a software problem (bad files, or directory) or the drive(s) aren't spinning fast enough. The software that came with the RAID should have a SCSI mounter included (SCSI Probe) that will mount the drive. If the SCSI probe can't find the drive usually it's a hardware problem. Can you hear both drives spinning? __________________ Jeff Donald Carpe Diem Search DVinfo.net for quick answers \| Where to Buy? From the best in the business: DVinfo.net sponsors

October 23rd, 2003, 06:58 AM	#10
Gary Chavez Major Player Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: San Antonio Posts: 355	yes, it seems according to an the engineer i had move the system and reassemble, come check out this problem yesterday and he seems to think it was just to damn hot (the mac). upon his suggestion, i moved the mac and placed a fan in front of it and no problems so far. I hope this solves it.