I have an iBook 600, (Dec 2001) now with Mac OS X 10.3.6. I use a Maxtor 300G Firewire Drive now and then. Pretty much every time I plug it in I get a kernel panic and need to restart. It did not do this back with 10.3.5. Someone aware of the issues here? Should I plug in the drive, then turn it on? Turn it on then plug it in? What exactly is the protocol? I thought with hot pluggable items, it really made no difference. Just "trash" or eject the mounted drive before unplugging. What am I doing wrong? _______________________________________________ iBook mailing list iBook at listserver.themacintoshguy.com http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/ibook BRIAN/bpearce at cloud9.net