Unable to access external disk

[elliottcable]

Ok. Just typed this all and lost it, so this is My Post v.2 (Abbreviated!).

I have an old LaCie disk I can't access, here's what the System Profiler shows:

FireWire Bus:

Maximum Speed: Up to 800 Mb/sec

LaCie Bigger Disk Extreme LUN 0:

Manufacturer: LaCie Group SA
Model: 0x0
GUID: 0xD04B481501893E
Maximum Speed: Up to 800 Mb/sec
Connection Speed: Up to 800 Mb/sec
Sub-units:
LaCie Bigger Disk Extreme LUN 0 Unit:
Unit Software Version: 0x10483
Unit Spec ID: 0x609E
Firmware Revision: 0x101
Product Revision Level: 912
Sub-units:
LaCie Bigger Disk Extreme LUN 0 SBP-LUN:
Removable Media: Yes
BSD Name: disk7
OS9 Drivers: No
S.M.A.R.T. status: Not Supported

LaCie Bigger Disk Extreme LUN 0:

Manufacturer: LaCie Group SA
Model: 0x0
GUID: 0xD04B6719042C3E
Maximum Speed: Up to 800 Mb/sec
Connection Speed: Up to 800 Mb/sec
Sub-units:
LaCie Bigger Disk Extreme LUN 0 Unit:
Unit Software Version: 0x10483
Unit Spec ID: 0x609E
Firmware Revision: 0x102
Product Revision Level: 912
Sub-units:
LaCie Bigger Disk Extreme LUN 0 SBP-LUN:
Capacity: 931.54 GB
Removable Media: Yes
BSD Name: disk6
OS9 Drivers: No
S.M.A.R.T. status: Not Supported
Volumes:
Boot OSX:
Capacity: 128 MB
Writable: Yes
BSD Name: disk6s2
Mount Point:
EFC-LC1:
Capacity: 931.42 GB
Available: 279.67 GB
Writable: Yes
File System: Case-sensitive Journaled HFS+
BSD Name: disk6s3
Mount Point: /Volumes/EFC-LC1

Built-in Hub:

Manufacturer: Unknown
Model: Unknown Device
Maximum Speed: Up to 800 Mb/sec
Connection Speed: Unknown

1394 Storage Front Panel*:

Manufacturer: Maxtor
Model: 0x7020
GUID: 0x10B9F700AFA499
Maximum Speed: Up to 400 Mb/sec
Connection Speed: Up to 400 Mb/sec
Sub-units:
1394 Storage Front Panel* Unit:
Unit Software Version: 0xCEB001
Unit Spec ID: 0x10B9
OneTouch Unit:
Unit Software Version: 0x10483
Unit Spec ID: 0x609E
Firmware Revision: 0x20000
Product Revision Level: 0200
Sub-units:
OneTouch SBP-LUN:
Capacity: 189.92 GB
Removable Media: Yes
BSD Name: disk5
OS9 Drivers: No
S.M.A.R.T. status: Not Supported
Volumes:
Maxtor:
Capacity: 189.8 GB
Available: 12.09 GB
Writable: Yes
File System: Journaled HFS+
BSD Name: disk5s3
Mount Point: /Volumes/Maxtor

... and what Disk Utility shows...

The bad one:

Name : LaCie Group SA
Type : Disk

Disk Identifier : disk7
Media Name : LaCie Bigger Extreme Media
Media Type : Generic
Connection Bus : FireWire
Connection Type : External
Connection ID : 58629568117967166
Device Tree : /PCI0@0/PCIB@1E/FRWR@B/node@d04b481501893e/sbp-2@c000/@0:0
Writable : Yes
Ejectable : Yes
Mac OS 9 Drivers Installed : No
Location : External
Total Capacity : 0 Bytes
S.M.A.R.T. Status : Not Supported
Disk Number : 7
Partition Number : 0

The good one:

Name : LaCie Group SA
Type : Disk

Disk Identifier : disk6
Media Name : LaCie Bigger Extreme Media
Media Type : Generic
Connection Bus : FireWire
Connection Type : External
Connection ID : 58629701329235006
Partition Type : Apple_partition_scheme
Device Tree : /PCI0@0/PCIB@1E/FRWR@B/node@d04b6719042c3e/sbp-2@c000/@0:0
Writable : Yes
Ejectable : Yes
Mac OS 9 Drivers Installed : No
Location : External
Total Capacity : 931.5 GB (1,000,237,170,688 Bytes)
S.M.A.R.T. Status : Not Supported
Disk Number : 6
Partition Number : 0

Any ideas?

 

[Plymouthbreezer]

Try reformatting it?

 

[mad jew]

Yeah. The 'bad one' has no partition type and so it probably has not been partitioned at all yet. A reformat should help.