Time Machine (firewired external drive) Connection gets lost

[pete0621]

Re: iMac 20 with Intel processor: When I first installed a Maxtor external hard drive, Time Machine worked great, without intervention, for several months. It stills works great except, now when I log off (but not always), the connection to the external drive is lost (no icon on screen), and I have to throw the switch on the drive or Restart in order for it to be recognized (disconnecting and reconnecting the firewire also works). This is not a show stopper, but an annoying issue I would like to fix. All suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks!

 

[BobZune]

See

http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20080425101239408

the comments to it, and also the blog post referenced. It covers the rationale for the default dismounting of the drive.

 

[pete0621]

See

http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20080425101239408

the comments to it, and also the blog post referenced. It covers the rationale for the default dismounting of the drive.

Thanks, that's good info. I really don't care if the time machine rests while I'm logged off, but I'm puzzled that the external drive is not recognized when I log back in. Any tips on how I can get the drive automatically located at login?
Thanks

 

[BobZune]

See
http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20070313192221659

Use just the mount command in a shell script (e.g., mount123.sh, then put that script on your login items and it *should* work.

 

[dmen]

pram

i had the same issue and apple helped me zap the pram. no more dissappearing icon😀