Hi all,
An explanation of these various problems, and a simple solution, is below.
I had a lot of hassle with trying to solve these five problems:
1 - Trying to mount an external hard drive, crashes the mac.
2 - The external hard drive fails to mount, (but doesn't crash the mac).
3 - Trying...
drive crashes macdrive does not connecttomacdrive does not show
drivefailstoconnecttomacdrivefailsto show
dvd burner does not connecttomac
external hard drivefailsto mount
printer does not connecttomac
second drivefailsto mount connect show