[X4U] External drives

[Paul Moortgat]

Only an expensive one.  Replace it.

Paul Moortgat

On 6-okt-04, at 22:48, Michael J. Amato wrote:

> I've had this problem from the gitgo. I have a Smartdisk model 
> #JH3312. On
> your advice I checked their website and found no firmware updates. 
> Couldn't
> even find the model anywhere. Been unable to start from the external 
> hd.
> Don't suppose there's any workaround?
> =========================
> Mike Amato
>
> mailto:cantab at comcast.net
>
>
>
>
> On 10/6/04 3:17 PM, "Paul Moortgat" <paul.moortgat at pandora.be> wrote:
>
>> In the English MacFormat magazine is the next text about external FW
>> drives:
>>
>> Since upgrading to Panther, my Firewire drive keeps losing files.  
>> Why?
>>
>> Solution: This problem occurs if your drive is left connected to the
>> Mac when you shut down or restart.  Apple changed the firewire drivers
>> for 10.3, which required a corresponding update in the drive firmware
>> from certain manufacturers.  It only affects external Firewire drives
>> that use the Oxford 922 bridge chipset with v1.02 of the firmware.
>> This includes drives from Century Global, EZ Quest, Firewire Depot,
>> Firewire Direct, Glyph, Granite Digital, LaCie, MacAlly, MacPower,
>> Otherworld Computing, SmartDisk, Trans Intl and Wiebe Tech.  If your
>
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