[X4U] firewire woes

[John in San Diego]

"hub" - not "modem"//John




On Feb 26, 2006, at 4:03 PM, John in San Diego wrote:

> Randy  - I think I heard about the admonition about not updating  
> with FireWire drives attached before but it never stuck between my  
> ears.
> Looking back, now - I've always had two FireWire Drives attached -  
> over a number of updates - without even knowing I should be having  
> problems (?) .... Perhaps since both of my FireWire Drives are  
> behind a powered modem saved me?
>
> Just passing on a personal experience… I'll have to remember to be  
> more careful on future upgrades, Don't want to press my luck!
>
> Thanks for the good advise over the years.
>
>
> On Feb 25, 2006, at 5:22 PM, Randy B.Singer wrote:
>
>> Jan Melichar said:
>>
>>> two days go two LaCie drives connected to my G5 had 'disappeared'
>>> when I woke the computer up. No amount of restarting, turning the
>>> drives off and on, repairing permission and so on made any
>>> difference.
>>> ... I did
>>> install the 10.4.5 update a week ago.
>>>
>>> Anyone any any idea what might be going on here?
>>
>> When you updated to 10.4.5, were your FireWire drives connected to  
>> your
>> Mac?  If so, this is the root of your problem.  You should never have
>> your FireWire drives connected when you update your OS.
>>
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