[P1] backing up, slightly OT

[Brian Pearce]

> Remember to disconnect the firewire drive when installing and starting
> Panther for the first time - Macworld reports data corruption if this 
> is not
> done. Seems to affect all external firewire drives.

It doesn't effect *all* external Firewire drives; but there have been a 
number of incidents where drives has been corrupted when connected 
during startup. So it's best to have a back-up of any critical data 
(which is never a bad idea, anyway.) You can still use the drive; just 
don't leave it connected *during* startup.

BRIAN/bpearce at cloud9.net