[Macpartners] Bye-Bye Data: Glitch in Panther

[Albert Willis]

Just wanted to point that this glitch only affects Mac OS X 10.3 users 
on machines using FireWire 800 drives. Other combinations of operating 
systems and hard drives aren't affected.

 From Apple:

Apple has identified an issue with external FireWire hard drives using 
the Oxford 922 bridge chip-set with firmware version 1.02 that can 
result in the loss of data stored on the disk drive. Apple is working 
with Oxford Semiconductor and affected drive manufacturers to resolve 
this issue which resides in the Oxford 922 chip-set.

In the interim, Apple recommends that you do not use these drives. To 
stop using the drive, you should unmount or eject the disk drive before 
doing anything else. Please check this web page for further updates.


   -- Al


On Oct 31, 2003, at 2:50 PM, Joe De Vito wrote:

> Just an FYI for those that use FireWire drives...
>
>
> http://www.wired.com/news/mac/0,2125,61031,00.html
>
>                 Thanks!
>
>                         Joe De VIto
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