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<blockquote data-quote="mac57" data-source="post: 308461" data-attributes="member: 17052"><p>So, we know that this disk has two FAT32 partitions, that it works successfully on both Linux and Windows and that Mac OS X is having trouble with it. So far so good. We can conclude that the drive is A-OK and the problem is likely logical not physical.</p><p></p><p>Now that both partitions are FAT32, does it still hang up your Disk Utility when you plug it in? If not, you can now use the Mac to reformat to its own taste.</p><p></p><p>Are you using the same USB cable when you plug it into the Linux, Windows and Mac systems? Just wondering if the cable could be an issue. </p><p></p><p>One last thing. The partition table might be the source of your issue, as I suspect you are thinking as well. If you have access to SuSE's YaST partitioner, you can use it to erase and rebuild the partition table. I did this myself in a similar situation (although it was Windows that wouldn't acknowledge the drive, not Mac OS X, which worked with it happily) and it was very successful. After recreating the partition table, all my OS' seemed happy with the drive.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mac57, post: 308461, member: 17052"] So, we know that this disk has two FAT32 partitions, that it works successfully on both Linux and Windows and that Mac OS X is having trouble with it. So far so good. We can conclude that the drive is A-OK and the problem is likely logical not physical. Now that both partitions are FAT32, does it still hang up your Disk Utility when you plug it in? If not, you can now use the Mac to reformat to its own taste. Are you using the same USB cable when you plug it into the Linux, Windows and Mac systems? Just wondering if the cable could be an issue. One last thing. The partition table might be the source of your issue, as I suspect you are thinking as well. If you have access to SuSE's YaST partitioner, you can use it to erase and rebuild the partition table. I did this myself in a similar situation (although it was Windows that wouldn't acknowledge the drive, not Mac OS X, which worked with it happily) and it was very successful. After recreating the partition table, all my OS' seemed happy with the drive. [/QUOTE]
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