 Panther's FireWire Data Loss Problem., Article |
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  Mon 5 Apr 2004, 10:58
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| _keepsound_ |
Mon 5 Apr 2004, 10:58
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It's a fake, I never had problem with mi Fw hds. Choose a good Fw box with a right chipset.
To see what Fw to buy see on http://www.digidesign.com. You can startup with the Hd on, whitout connect the fw cable after the os is running, and it's not necessary to unmount the hd before the shutdown! Only for the Fw 800 drive it's better to update the firmware. regards |
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| _Hawkins_ |
Mon 5 Apr 2004, 13:11
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I've had a problem. When I started using Panther I shut it down and lost everything. I had just spliced an audio track to three video tracks, syncing it all together. (Which took two days to do) Afterwords I reformatted it as journaled and it worked fine.
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Mon 5 Apr 2004, 15:23
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 Newbie Group: Members Posts: 5 Joined: 16-Sep 03 From: Philadelphia - US Member No.: 24,858 |
I've had no problems - 3 drives through a powered hub, an 828MkII and a DV camera always plugged in. I turn them off and on while plugged in. At the University where I teach, the students are required to have their own FW drives (most are 400s) and they plug and play with ease.
Some folks seem to have had a problem. But not in my small world... John |
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Mon 5 Apr 2004, 19:01
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 Rookie  Group: Members Posts: 35 Joined: 09-Jan 04 From: Park City - US Member No.: 32,771 |
My system includes two EZQuest Cobra 120GB Firewire400 HDs.
i installed panther about a week after it came out. no problems whatsoever. -------------------- have a good one
snow setup: dual 2.7 G5 OSX 10.4.2 Logic express |
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| _guest_pb12sh_ |
Mon 5 Apr 2004, 19:02
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I was under the impression only FW800 drives using the Oxford 911 bridge chip were the affected ones, which has subsequently been fixed by a firmware upgrade.
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Mon 5 Apr 2004, 19:10
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Member Group: Members Posts: 79 Joined: 15-Jan 04 From: Chicago - US Member No.: 33,284 |
It's actually not possible for FW800 to work with an Oxford 911 bridge, it needs the 922.
The problem may not surface immediately for some people, but someday =everything on the drive may just suddenly become inaccessable. Very soon after Panther was released, all of the major drive manufacturers posted firmware updates on their websites to fix the problem they had with Panther. If you bought your FW800 drive since last fall, it was most likely updated by the manufacturer. If you have a FW800 drive that predates Panther, contact the manufacturer to find if they have an update for the firmware on your drive. |
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Mon 5 Apr 2004, 21:47
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 Newbie Group: Members Posts: 15 Joined: 27-Feb 04 From: Honolulu - US Member No.: 37,024 |
For me, Panther unmounts and handles my FireWire drives much better than OS 9 does. I have not experienced any loss of data on my FireWire 400 drives, due to Panther.
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| _guest_nuskyn_ |
Sat 10 Apr 2004, 19:51
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Buy good stuff, and it will never fail..............
i'm using a Lacie 120 Gig FW-HD and it works all the time without data-loss on panther 10.3.3 |
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Sat 10 Apr 2004, 23:42
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 15 Joined: 27-Feb 04 From: Honolulu - US Member No.: 37,024 |
.....Though a few days ago I hooked up a bus-powered FireWire 400 drive, and it's no longer readable... I am wondering if this is because of Panther or because the drive just died? Luckily, I don't think I had anything too important on that drive.
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