On 23 Jun 2006, at 17:42, Philip J Robar wrote: > On Jun 23, 2006, at 9:15 AM, Vard Nelson wrote: > >> I agree with the remarks at the bottom. I have chained FireWire >> hard drives and optical drives for several years (only up to about >> three devices in a chain, however) with very little in the way of >> problems. > > I didn't say there is a "problem" with daisy chaining FireWire > devices.. No. If you read again you'll see that Mr Melichar did, in his message of 23 June 2006 16:40:58 BST. He said: Mine sometimes develop a life of their own (much as SCSI drives used to) and there seems to be no logical way to restore previous order. So every few months when one or other drives does not mount I spend a irritating hour or so pulling cable out and replacing them in a different order only to go through the same procedure a few months later.