Update 10.3.6 & Firewire drives latest.

[Robert Howells]

Extract from macintouch today       ( Use Combo update. not software 
update )

 I was nervous about updating to Mac OS X 10.3.6. I have a flat-panel 
iMac and an external LaCie d2 (FireWire 400) 200G drive.

 So I sent a letter to...... LaCie ..... technical support,...... and 
here is what they said:

 We do hear reports of drives not working after running the update but 
most of the time they are not downloading the "combo" update. The other 
update does not update everything.
Also sometimes they will have the drive connected when running the 
update and if it crashes it can corrupt the directory and then the 
drive will not show. So sure it is OK to update to 10.3.6, just make 
sure you do not have the drive connected when running the update and 
make sure you get the "Combo" update.

So I went ahead and upgraded to 10.3.6 using the Combo Updater, with 
the drives off-line. No problems so far. To exercise the d2, I ran 
DiskWarrior 3.02 against the drive and it found no errors.