I can't chain my Lacie Hardrives. HELP!

[watchmainspring]

This has been a problem for months. They will work alone, but they won't chain. I tried using different cables, all ports. Originally both were Fat32 formatted, but in my efforts I formatted one of them to Mac OSX (one drive is better than none when using windows). Neither the FAT or the OSX can chain in tiger, no matter what order I put them in. The computer will only read the drive that is directly connected to the computer.

Any advice?


these are firewire, by the way!

 

[watchmainspring]

nobody? Don't make me be a fool and buy a maxtor HD or something.

 

[poppe]

I have no help for you, but I felt bad you posting all alone... I hope you find a solution because i'll be in the same boat soon... unless I go with a External enclosure that holds two...

 

[technicolor]

You have them all turned on?

 

[watchmainspring]

You have them all turned on?

thank you for asking, as this is the most common issue. I only wish it were something that simple.

Unfortunatly, they just won't chain. I was wondering if there was a software/reformat solution anyone knew about.



I am considering purchasing an expresscard firewire (The drives do work independantly) But that would be expensive and would complicate my workspace even more so.

 

[MacFan25863]

Instead of an expresscard, why don't you look at firewire hubs? You can buy one for 20 bucks pretty much anywhere.