Re: External Firewire HD issue ...

[Luis Sequeira]

To move your stuff from one PowerBook to the other, use one of them in
Firewire target mode. Restart then immediately press the 'f' key until you
see the Firewire symbol on screen. You can then connect it to a Firewire
Macintosh with a regular cable and the hard disk should appear on the
desktop.
-Laurent.
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Maybe the 'f' key also works, but the usually mentioned key is 't' 
(as in firewire Target mode), which I can attest works in my TiBook.

Luis

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Re: External Firewire HD issue ...

[Thomas Ethen]

I had a Piranha drive and after almost a year of dealing with them I finally
tossed it, as it was so unreliable that it was not worth messing with.
Piranha was of absolutely no help at all during a year of basically one way
communication with them-I communicated, they failed to respond most of the
time.

Tom
> 
> Also, when trying to get a hold of Piranha, I eventually turned to the
> Better Business Bureau in their area.  The BBB told me they have a
> history of not returning phone calls, emails going unanswered,
> merchandise sent that is faulty, etc., etc.  I told the BBB that
> Pirahna is using the BBB logo on their website and that really caught
> her interest.  I would not do any business with them ... I thought I
> was saving some bucks, now it's coming back to haunt me.


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Re: Wait for 10.3.1? (was External Firewire HD issue ...)

[Al Poulin]

Bryan Forbes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> I've also been holding off buying a Family Pack of Panther until the
> CD's are burned with the 10.3.1 (and have the .1 update).  Is there any
> logic to that or should I just go ahead and get it.  I have a broadband
> connection, so downloading or burning a CD of the update is not an
> issue.  I'd just like to have the most current copy of the OS ...
> according to the rumour sites, yet another release (.2) is about ready
> to come out that solves even a few more items.

I have the same question.  Any answers out there?  A guy at the Tysons
Corner, Va. Apple Store this morning told me that it will take quite some
time for the initial production of 10.3 to run out.  He said Jaguar 10.2 CDs
made it only up to 10.2.3 or 10.2.4 while the updates on-line went to
10.2.8.

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Re: External Firewire HD issue ...

[Laurent Daudelin]

On 20/11/03 12:53, "Bryan Forbes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Hi:
> 
> I have an external Firewire HD that I'm currently using as a backup
> disk for the HD on my Titanium Powerbook.  I purchased it from Piranha
> Technology (http://www.pirahnatechnology.com/index.asp) over a year ago
> and it seems to work fine (after I sent a previous one back to them and
> they swapped it out for me for a newer one).
> 
> However, this is my delimma.  I want to update to Panther from Jaguar,
> but I want to backup my Titanium HD before updating to Panther (I use
> Synchronize Pro X as my BU software ... with the backup being a
> bootable image).  However, I want to update my external Firewire Drive
> from Piranha before doing so.  I have attempted to get a hold of
> Piranha, but their tech support email was bounced back to me ... I
> cannot get a hold of them via the phone.  What I want is to know what
> patch has to be applied to the drive I have from them (a list of those
> found here ... 
> http://www.apple.com/macosx/firewire800specialmessage.html).  Is there
> a way I can determine which flavor of Oxford my drive is so I can apply
> the update?
> 
> Also, when trying to get a hold of Piranha, I eventually turned to the
> Better Business Bureau in their area.  The BBB told me they have a
> history of not returning phone calls, emails going unanswered,
> merchandise sent that is faulty, etc., etc.  I told the BBB that
> Pirahna is using the BBB logo on their website and that really caught
> her interest.  I would not do any business with them ... I thought I
> was saving some bucks, now it's coming back to haunt me.
> 
> Any ideas there ...  or can I just upgrade to Panther 10.3.1 and not
> worry about the Firewire glitch with the external drive?
> 
> A 2nd item ... I want to move all my stuff from my current Tibook to a
> new Superdrive Tibook.  My wife is getting my current one that only has
> a combo-drive.  Can I just image my HD over to the new Superdrive one?
> Is there a better way of doing that ... I'm afraid I'll lose items on
> the new Superdrive book that aren't on the combo drive book.  I've
> never done a target FW hookup, I know it's not difficult ... I just
> want to make sure I'm not overwriting anything that I'd miss later on.
> 
> I've also been holding off buying a Family Pack of Panther until the
> CD's are burned with the 10.3.1 (and have the .1 update).  Is there any
> logic to that or should I just go ahead and get it.  I have a broadband
> connection, so downloading or burning a CD of the update is not an
> issue.  I'd just like to have the most current copy of the OS ...
> according to the rumour sites, yet another release (.2) is about ready
> to come out that solves even a few more items.
> 
> Insights/solutions welcomed ...
> 
> 
> Bryan Forbes
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 

Use Carbon Copy Cloner to clone your drive. I have used it a few times and
it always worked fine.

10.3.1 is supposed to fix the Firewire problem but if you want to stay on
the safe side, just unmount your disk in the Finder and then disconnect it
from your Macintosh before rebooting.

To move your stuff from one PowerBook to the other, use one of them in
Firewire target mode. Restart then immediately press the 'f' key until you
see the Firewire symbol on screen. You can then connect it to a Firewire
Macintosh with a regular cable and the hard disk should appear on the
desktop.

-Laurent.
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External Firewire HD issue ...

[Bryan Forbes]

Hi:

I have an external Firewire HD that I'm currently using as a backup 
disk for the HD on my Titanium Powerbook.  I purchased it from Piranha 
Technology (http://www.pirahnatechnology.com/index.asp) over a year ago 
and it seems to work fine (after I sent a previous one back to them and 
they swapped it out for me for a newer one).

However, this is my delimma.  I want to update to Panther from Jaguar, 
but I want to backup my Titanium HD before updating to Panther (I use 
Synchronize Pro X as my BU software ... with the backup being a 
bootable image).  However, I want to update my external Firewire Drive 
from Piranha before doing so.  I have attempted to get a hold of 
Piranha, but their tech support email was bounced back to me ... I 
cannot get a hold of them via the phone.  What I want is to know what 
patch has to be applied to the drive I have from them (a list of those 
found here ... 
http://www.apple.com/macosx/firewire800specialmessage.html).  Is there 
a way I can determine which flavor of Oxford my drive is so I can apply 
the update?

Also, when trying to get a hold of Piranha, I eventually turned to the 
Better Business Bureau in their area.  The BBB told me they have a 
history of not returning phone calls, emails going unanswered, 
merchandise sent that is faulty, etc., etc.  I told the BBB that 
Pirahna is using the BBB logo on their website and that really caught 
her interest.  I would not do any business with them ... I thought I 
was saving some bucks, now it's coming back to haunt me.

Any ideas there ...  or can I just upgrade to Panther 10.3.1 and not 
worry about the Firewire glitch with the external drive?

A 2nd item ... I want to move all my stuff from my current Tibook to a 
new Superdrive Tibook.  My wife is getting my current one that only has 
a combo-drive.  Can I just image my HD over to the new Superdrive one?  
Is there a better way of doing that ... I'm afraid I'll lose items on 
the new Superdrive book that aren't on the combo drive book.  I've 
never done a target FW hookup, I know it's not difficult ... I just 
want to make sure I'm not overwriting anything that I'd miss later on.

I've also been holding off buying a Family Pack of Panther until the 
CD's are burned with the 10.3.1 (and have the .1 update).  Is there any 
logic to that or should I just go ahead and get it.  I have a broadband 
connection, so downloading or burning a CD of the update is not an 
issue.  I'd just like to have the most current copy of the OS ... 
according to the rumour sites, yet another release (.2) is about ready 
to come out that solves even a few more items.

Insights/solutions welcomed ...

Bryan Forbes
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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