Thanks to all who posted comments and suggestions which I will follow. I did check the Smartdisk site and they comment on the issue with Panther but suggest it only exists with 60G+ sized drives (mine is 20G). I will probably b/u my super critical files (of which there aren't many) on zip disks I already have, and then hope Tiger plays well with the FW drive.
Thanks again, Don Original Message: ----------------- From: Harry Corsover [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2005 22:20:20 -0700 To: G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com Subject: Re: External FW drives problems and Tiger? There are two things to watch out for. One is whether the disk will be recognized (or mount). The other is whether the disk is bootable. The first is much less likely to be a problem, but I ran into the second when I bought two FireWire 80GB disks from IOGear. They were not bootable. I went several rounds with them claiming "we never advertised them as bootable" (which IMO is like selling a car without a fuel system, saying "we never advertised that it had a fuel system") before they agreed to replace them with bootable models. The only way I know (short of trial and error) is to get direct information from the drive manufacturer about this. Regards, Harry Corsover --- On Sep 13, 2005, at 9:06 PM, Laurent Daudelin wrote: > > I've been using 3 or 4 different FireWire drives under 10.4.2 > without any > problem... ============= Empower Your Future <www.harryc.biz> -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web.com/ . -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
