I think the issue could be with the controller or bridge chips in the
drive enclosure and not with FW800 or Apple's implementation. Or maybe
it's a firmware issue. I did a quick Google search to confirm, but
didn't find what I stumbled across a few weeks ago. So that's not much
to go on, but if you Googled around you can probably find an accurate
report on what's going on.
Sorry; not much help. But Benjamin (and others) are getting closer.
Hopefully someone here will fill you in with exactly what's going on.
But I think it's the HDX Avastor enclosure, and not the drive or the
Mac...
Jim Feeley
jfeeley@gmail.com
On Sep 16, 2011, at 2:21 PM, Benjamin Hershleder wrote:
>
>
> John,
> If it helps to know . . . I'm using a 3TB drive, connected by FW800,
> on a current project.
> The drive is not self-powered of course. It's this one: http://g-technology.com/products/g-drive.cfm
> I have both a 2TB and 3TB version working on my current project.
>
> Cheers,
>
> B
>
>
> Benjamin Hershleder
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> On Sep 16, 2011, at 12:29 PM, John Moore wrote:
>
>> So I put a 3TB Hitachi drive in my HDX Avastor enclosure and if
>> connected with firewire 800 it wants to initialize it. I've
>> googled and it seems the apple firewire 800 is limited to a 2TB
>> size on drives. I saw someone mention GUID formatting to avoid the
>> limit. My HDX also has esata connectivity and that works fine.
>> I'd never run into this before. Learn something new every darn
>> day. Is there a way around the 2TB on firewire 800 limit?
>>
>> John Moore
>>
>> Barking Trout Productions
>>
>> Studio City, CA
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