I have a sandisk cruzer mini [256 MB], it is a USB 2.0 flash drive,
FAT32. It works in my friend's Mac [not updated to 10.3.7], but not in
the Macs at my college [all are updated, as far as I am aware, and
administrator has tried with no progress]. Mounts fine on all PCs that I
have tried, even in USB 1.0/1.1 ports, but on the updated systems, it
doesn't work.
--
http://homepage.mac.com/mkatzman/

In article <B0iMd.11973$QS5.8957@trndny06>,
Marshall <notmkatzman@verizon.net> wrote:

>I have a sandisk cruzer mini [256 MB], it is a USB 2.0 flash drive,
>FAT32. It works in my friend's Mac [not updated to 10.3.7], but not in
>the Macs at my college [all are updated, as far as I am aware, and
>administrator has tried with no progress]. Mounts fine on all PCs that I
>have tried, even in USB 1.0/1.1 ports, but on the updated systems, it
>doesn't work.

It comes formatted as a PC drive. If you don't need to use it with a PC,
then put it into one of those Macs that does recognize it and reformat
it as a Mac drive.

I move mine back and forth between my USB 2 G5 and my USB 2 Pismo all
the time.

On 2/3/05 9:14 AM, in article jrp59-AD8D7F.09152703022005@news.verizon.net,
"Ron Parsons" <jrp59@gte.net> wrote:

> In article <B0iMd.11973$QS5.8957@trndny06>,
> Marshall <notmkatzman@verizon.net> wrote:
>
>> I have a sandisk cruzer mini [256 MB], it is a USB 2.0 flash drive,
>> FAT32. It works in my friend's Mac [not updated to 10.3.7], but not in
>> the Macs at my college [all are updated, as far as I am aware, and
>> administrator has tried with no progress]. Mounts fine on all PCs that I
>> have tried, even in USB 1.0/1.1 ports, but on the updated systems, it
>> doesn't work.
>
> It comes formatted as a PC drive. If you don't need to use it with a PC,
> then put it into one of those Macs that does recognize it and reformat
> it as a Mac drive.
>
> I move mine back and forth between my USB 2 G5 and my USB 2 Pismo all
> the time.

Mine came formatted PC (both a Sonnet Piccolo 512 and a Lexar 1GB Jump
Drive), and work perfectly well in both worlds.

If the Mac can see it in the Disk Utility, try formatting it "MS-DOS File
System".

If still no go, try running the OS 9 Disk Utility and doing the same.
--
Brian Ehni

Marshall wrote:

> I have a sandisk cruzer mini [256 MB], it is a USB 2.0 flash drive,
> FAT32. It works in my friend's Mac [not updated to 10.3.7], but not in
> the Macs at my college [all are updated, as far as I am aware, and
> administrator has tried with no progress]. Mounts fine on all PCs that I
> have tried, even in USB 1.0/1.1 ports, but on the updated systems, it
> doesn't work.
> --
> http://homepage.mac.com/mkatzman/

I had the same problem with my Cruzer Mini 256 on my MacOS 9 system. I
searched
the SanDisk.com web site and found a FAQ indicating that certain early
versions of
the Cruzer Mini 256 had this problem. I was able to send it back to them
for a free
replacement. I don't know if this was only a problem with OS9 or if the
FAQ is
simply out of date...

https://www.customernation.com/pls/p...&p_parm=PSHFAQ



They also indicate on their FAQs that some MacOS X versions need an update
from Apple's
web site to support USB drives...

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107914

--
Life... you're born, you live, you go on some diets, then you die.

Len Carr
mailto:lgcarr@optonline.net

On Thu, 03 Feb 2005 04:46:25 GMT, Marshall <notmkatzman@verizon.net>
wrote:

>I have a sandisk cruzer mini [256 MB], it is a USB 2.0 flash drive,
>FAT32. It works in my friend's Mac [not updated to 10.3.7], but not in
>the Macs at my college [all are updated, as far as I am aware, and
>administrator has tried with no progress]. Mounts fine on all PCs that I
>have tried, even in USB 1.0/1.1 ports, but on the updated systems, it
>doesn't work.

I brought mine that had this problem to the Apple store today. The
guy there told me that next time I put it in, when it starts
complaining, I need to press ignore, then open up the disk management
and do a verify, and if there are any errors, repair them. I will try
this in my class on thursday.