[Ti] ipod for emergency repairs?

[Massimo Marino]

On Nov 13, 2003, at 12:29 AM, PowerBook G4 Titanium List wrote:

> Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2003 18:24:40 -0500
> Subject: Re: [Ti] ipod for emergency repairs?
> From: "gkar at mac" <gkar at mac.com>
> Message-ID: <BBD82B68.2B6C%gkar at mac.com>
>
> On 11/12/03 6:11 PM, "John" <simplymail at ururk.com> wrote:
>
>>> With the exception that more recent macs won't boot into OS9.
>>>
>>> The question was what benefit is there from having OS9 vs OSX on the
>>> ipod
>>> for emergency purposes?
>>
>> Or, even a better question:
>>
>> With all the firewire troubles (800 and 400), why would you even risk
>> it?
>>
>> It would be interesting, as the computer unmounted itself, to see if 
>> it
>> trashed itself (the boot volume).
>>
> The firewire problem occurred regardless of what was on the drive but 
> I know
> of no one who had that problem with the iPod. During all that time I 
> changed
> my iPod's music every day or two without a hiccup.
>
> david
>

The firewire troubles were related to a specific family of chips. 
Concerned manufacturers have released the firmware updates and Apple 
released a protection in 10.3.1 (although recommends to update the 
firmwares anyway).
iPods have never been an issue.

Massimo