On 24-Mar-06, at 9:04 PM, Jared D. McNeill wrote:

> On Fri, 24 Mar 2006, Nathan J. Williams wrote:
>> Does it actually not work if you try to read it? I see the same
>> message when I use mine over USB, and it becomes ready when I  
>> actually
>> invoke dd or mount or whatever (Also, use "eject sd1" to get the iPod
>> itself to think it's safe to detach).
>
> The 'drive is offline' message prevents me from being able to  
> access it at all. I've found though, if I unplug it and plug it  
> back in, that sd0 (the external FW enclosure) hangs.

I was mistaken -- I can mount it. Clearly a misleading message from  
the kernel.. ;) Now to fix the other problems..

Cheers,
Jared