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 mac
drive doesnotconnecttomac
drive doesnot show
drive fails toconnecttomac
drive fails to show
dvdburnerdoesnotconnecttomac
external hard drive fails to mount
printer doesnotconnecttomac
second drive fails to mount connect show