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<blockquote data-quote="michelangelo" data-source="post: 1673944" data-attributes="member: 54225">Thanks. Terminal is alien territory for me. The PSU light is on and the fan makes wobbling fan noises (up and down). No big nasty mechanical noises. After trying to boot on both macs by normal means, using all available cables and connectors (USB and firewire 800), and failing at that, I connected the LaCie drive through Firewire on the big iMac (one internal hard drive, 500 TB capacity, and only one). I then tried terminal on the big iMac. The lost LaCie drive appears to show to my untrained eyes (copy below). I recall this big external LaCie drive was intended for backup (&quot;sauvegarde&quot; in french) but never used for that. I believe its size was about 1 TB. Name and size seem to match. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" />Last login: Sat Aug 22 16:56:59 on console[iMac-de-Jean-Pierre-Smith:~] jeanpierresmith% diskutil list/dev/disk0&nbsp;&nbsp; #:&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; TYPE NAME&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; SIZE&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; IDENTIFIER&nbsp;&nbsp; 0:&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; GUID_partition_scheme&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; *500.1 GB&nbsp;&nbsp; disk0&nbsp;&nbsp; 1:&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; EFI EFI&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 209.7 MB&nbsp;&nbsp; disk0s1&nbsp;&nbsp; 2:&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Apple_HFS Macintosh HD&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 499.1 GB&nbsp;&nbsp; disk0s2&nbsp;&nbsp; 3:&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Apple_Boot Recovery HD&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 650.0 MB&nbsp;&nbsp; disk0s3/dev/disk2&nbsp;&nbsp; #:&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; TYPE NAME&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; SIZE&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; IDENTIFIER&nbsp;&nbsp; 0:&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; GUID_partition_scheme&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; *998.1 GB&nbsp;&nbsp; disk2&nbsp;&nbsp; 1:&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; EFI EFI&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 209.7 MB&nbsp;&nbsp; disk2s1&nbsp;&nbsp; 2:&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Apple_HFS Copies de sauvegarde... 997.7 GB&nbsp;&nbsp; disk2s2[iMac-de-Jean-Pierre-Smith:~] jeanpierresmith% Can we go from here ? TIA</blockquote>

[QUOTE="michelangelo, post: 1673944, member: 54225"] Thanks. Terminal is alien territory for me. The PSU light is on and the fan makes wobbling fan noises (up and down). No big nasty mechanical noises. After trying to boot on both macs by normal means, using all available cables and connectors (USB and firewire 800), and failing at that, I connected the LaCie drive through Firewire on the big iMac (one internal hard drive, 500 TB capacity, and only one). I then tried terminal on the big iMac. The lost LaCie drive appears to show to my untrained eyes (copy below). I recall this big external LaCie drive was intended for backup ("sauvegarde" in french) but never used for that. I believe its size was about 1 TB. Name and size seem to match. :D:D:D:D:D Last login: Sat Aug 22 16:56:59 on console [iMac-de-Jean-Pierre-Smith:~] jeanpierresmith% diskutil list /dev/disk0 #: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER 0: GUID_partition_scheme *500.1 GB disk0 1: EFI EFI 209.7 MB disk0s1 2: Apple_HFS Macintosh HD 499.1 GB disk0s2 3: Apple_Boot Recovery HD 650.0 MB disk0s3 /dev/disk2 #: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER 0: GUID_partition_scheme *998.1 GB disk2 1: EFI EFI 209.7 MB disk2s1 2: Apple_HFS Copies de sauvegarde... 997.7 GB disk2s2 [iMac-de-Jean-Pierre-Smith:~] jeanpierresmith% Can we go from here ? TIA [/QUOTE]

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