[P1] backing up, slightly OT

[Linda van Thiel]

>
> Apple to address Panther/FireWire drive problems
> October 30 - 19:39 EST   Apple on Thursday responded to concerns that 
> Mac OS X 10.3 Panther disables external FireWire hard drives. "Apple 
> has identified an issue with external FireWire hard drives using 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 said in a 
> statement provided to MacCentral. "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."
>

Well the 922 chip set hasn't been out for that long - only owc's latest 
fw 800/400 drives seems to use it so my elite fw400/usb2 drive should 
be safe.

If you have a recently purchased drive, just check with the 
manufacturer.

Linda
SE MI