Panther and FireWire 800 External Drives

[ShirleyK]

Got this from Smalldog's newsletter and sure enough LaCie (maker of my 
drive) has a fix on their website.

Shirley

Apple Warns FireWire 800 External Drive Users

Apple has identified an issue with external FireWire hard drives that 
use the Oxford 922 bridge chip-set, with firmware version 1.02, that 
can result in the loss of data stored on the disk drive. Apple is 
working with Oxford Semiconductor, and affected drive manufacturers, to 
resolve this issue which resides in the Oxford 922 chip-set.

In the interim, Apple recommends that you do not use these drives. To 
stop using the drive, you should unmount, or eject, the disk drive 
before doing anything else.

In related news, several companies have now released firmware updaters 
for their FireWire 800 products, designed to resolve compatibility 
issues discovered with Panther. Among those that have issued new 
versions are: Other World Computing, LaCie, and Wiebetech.