[Warhaven]

I'm not sure if it's a faulty enclosure, or what, but it does the darndest thing. The whole system and all services will halt during prolonged disk access with the enclosure. Just noticed it now while I was creating a disk image of a laptop onto the server (a 2009 mac mini). The whole server hanged and services halted (DNS, AFP, LDAP, etc.) I attempted to force quit, but everything was a beachball and unresponsive -- everything except Disk Utility. The progress bar for the image creation was continuing. Instead of hard-shutting down (holding the power button down) the server, I decided to unplug the target disk booted laptop instead. After about 15 seconds, I get the "Improper device removal" notice (along with all my clicking that was queued up during the beachballing), and all the services kick back up again (DNS, AFP, LDAP, etc.).

Is there a specific log I can look at to get more detail on this abnormal firewire behavior?

Thanks,
-Rob

[CharlesS]

Have you tried either trying another drive in the enclosure, or try putting the drive in another enclosure? This way you could figure out which of the two devices is the issue.

[Warhaven]

Originally Posted by CharlesS 

Have you tried either trying another drive in the enclosure, or try putting the drive in another enclosure? This way you could figure out which of the two devices is the issue.

Sorry I took so long to respond. Been a busy week. I'm testing that right now. Should have an answer for you in a couple hours. Creating the image on the other drive. Should tell me if it's drive-specific.

Thanks,
-Rob