access tiger external FW HD from mac in snow leopard
I would like to use the same monitor to access files created in EITHER OF 2 different OS versions. That monitor is now connected to a 1.83 Ghz Intel Duo Core Mac Mini running Snow Leopard
When I attach an FW external HD (LaCie little disk with no ac power) with a Tiger OS that HD does NOT show up in the SL Startup Disc selection in preferences although when attached the icons for that FW external drive show up on the desktop and I can access some of the files.
What is creating the underlying problem is that the FW drive has hundreds of resource materials from decades of work in earlier Macs that CAN be accessed in Tiger, but not in SL
(That FW drive partitions and files on it were created from a Power Pc G4 running 10.4.11)
Does the external HD with Tiger have to be a AC powered unit before it will appear in the Startup Disc window??
As of now my solution is an older Mac Mini running as a power PC.... I was hoping to be able to eliminate that one