Currently, the best smart card reader is the IOgear Reader. Hope it helps someone along the way.GSR202_Linux_Driver.zip (1.32 MB) IOGEAR manufactures innovative, high-performance and reliable products to help users connect to complex and sophisticated technology for their home or business. (Still sounds like a software/extension issue to me, but obviously what the heck do I know!) The iOGear GUF202 Firewire port in OSX now works fine in all respects with the Lacie d2 160g HD using OSX 10.2.8 on the Lombard.Īlso, USB ports on the GUF202 card work perfectly fine in both OSX (USB 2.0), and OS9 (USB 1.0). Should I only have needed the Firewire portion of the card to work with OSX and not OS9, none of this would have been an issue. Then, when I rebooted into OSX, the iOGear Firewire ports finally became functional, and the drive mounted properly.) (HOWEVER, it would NOT do so until I first booted fully into OS9 (not Classic mode) and installed the Lacie OS9 Firewire extensions. My research on the net has shown numerous reports of quirkyness w/iogear peripherals on the Mac.
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I might suggest here should any be looking into iOgear equipment for use on the Mac platform, to not necessarily trust the Mac compatability offerings stated on the box and docs, and to first thoroughly test the product before purchase. (Was actually considering an iOGear Firewire hard drive, but it at least clearly stated only OSX - thankfully - so went with the tried and true Lacie instead.) (Tho may be too late now, as purchased the card earlier in anticipation of the new Firewire drive which just arrived recently.)Īm not impressed with iOGear's offerings in this matter (or more specifically lack thereof), and despite their decent looking product line and warranty, will likely avoid any future ioGear peripherals unless I can first see it running perfectly in all necessary configurations before purchase. Simple!)Īm going to attempt to return the card to place of purchase, and shall seek other more "Mac-happy" possibilities. (And if such were indeed the case, it should clearly state so on the box or documentation and I wouldn't have purchased the card in the first place. I then pointed out that if such is the case, then why does the card's firewire work fine with OSX using that same 16bit cardbus on the same machine? There goes that excuse. He then tried to suggest the card wouldn't do firewire because the card bus on the Lombard is only 16bit, and the ioGear GUF202 card supposedly needs 32bit. As is too often the case, he was more interested in coming up with excuses as to why it won't work on my specific Mac, than offering or seeking possible solutions. Spoke with the Senior Tech at tech support at IOGEAR. In the event it might prove of any interest or assistance to others along the way. Oh, and I'm NOT running in Classic for OS9, I'm booting fully into OS9 where the firewire won't show. I have yet to get through to iOGear support for their ideas on the matter.
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Also there are no special iOGear drivers included for OS9.
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PS: The iOGear GUF202 "supports Mac 8.6 to 9.x, Mac OSX or greater". Your kind offerings shall be ever so greatly appreciated on all fronts. Have searched the net for days, including here at MacOSX and of course Apple, and have found nothing to assist. OS9 shows the iOGear USB ports no problem, just not the Firewire. It's just OS9 which doesn't want to recognize the iOGear "Firewire" ports.
The drive powers up as soon as connected to the card via firewire in OS9, (and it of course works fine w/Firewire now in OSX), so am assuming the card is functioning to capacity. Have the following extensions installed in OS9: Thankfully! But I still can't do firewire in OS9, which of course is where I need it!) Though it STILL wouldn't show firewire in OS9, when rebooted to OSX, the Lacie drive then magically mounted via Firewire in OSX. (Actually, other than with USB, the drive wouldn't mount w/Firewire in OSX either at first, until rebooted into OS9 and installed the Lacie Firewire Extensions on OS9. The drive mounts w/USB no problems using the iOGear card both in OS9 and OSX. The card's firewire presently only works and shows in OSX). (Actually, it won't show the Firewire ports period even in "Devices and Volumes" under OS9's System Profiler. PROBLEM: Lombard will not recognize the Lacie d2 with Firewire in OS9. Have a iOGear Pcmcia Firewire/Usb 2.0 Combo card (model GUF202), with an external Lacie d2 Extreme 160gb Firewire/USB Hard Drive, on a Powerbook G3 Lombard 333mhz, 512k ram, OS9.2/OSX 10.2.8.
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