[geeks] comments on Tiger & FW?

[velociraptor]

On 4/25/05, Mike F <lists at ibrew.net> wrote:
> I can't say about Tiger (haven't used it yet) but just last week I
> upgraded to 10.3.9 and "lost" my Firewire drive, a MacAlly PHR-100AF. OS
> X newbie as I am, I was oblivious to Apple's recommendation that
> FireWire drives be ejected and unplugged during upgrades  :-| Rumor had
> it that upgrading the firmware in the FW drive would fix the problem, so
> I emailed MacAlly support, and they provided the firmware update
> utility. Now the drive is back, no data loss or corruption. Other than
> the OS X upgrade gotcha, I've had no problems with FW on my Mini - of
> course, this is my first OS X machine, and the only other Mac I've owned
> was a Mac 128K (which is resting in my attic currently)

That's another to go down on the upgrade list then, joining:
Don't update your Powerbook OS with the battery installed.

I lost a full-charging battery on my Pismo with the 10.2.6
update.  Apple ack'd the problem with 10.2.6 killing iBook
batteries, but would not for Pismos.

=Nadine=