dame_zumari@yahoo.com ( Louise Bremner) writes:

> Ian J Cottee <ian@cottee.org> wrote:
> 
> > If anyone else got their firewire disks 'Panthered' ...
> 
> Whups.... Is that what happened? We're thinking of getting Panther
> (having missed Jaguar by just a couple of days), but you've got me
> worried about the firewire disk....

It is (was) a known problem. It's only affects certain chipsets and
there is a fix on the Apple web site. However, that is not a lot of use
if you don't know about it beforehand. 

I have no idea if this disk was the result of such a thing (the chap who
owned it said not) but the symptoms and resolution fitted. But suffice
to say - if you install Jaguar, unplug the firewire drive and don't plug
it in again until you have the system updates. 

I like Panther although I can't say it seems much more of an advance
from Jaguar. The best thing I did last week was get rid of the god awful
Japanese default keyboard that came with my iMac and bought something
with a bit of tactfile feedback and the control keys in the right
place. Oh - and compiling a proper Carbon emacs with an Aqua
i/face. Heaven.
-- 
Ian J Cottee
Nagoya, Japan