On Mar 2, 2009, at 12:41 PM, nestamicky wrote:
> > Firewire is perhaps so named because there is fire on that cable. So > knowing this, here is how I have always shut mine down. > 1. Eject the HD > 2. Walk over to the external case and turn it's switch off. > 3. Turn the computer off. > I never ever shut the machine down while the external case is running > with the HD in it. Never. I have always simply thought something can > go > wrong. I don't do this as much with USBs but with Firewire. Firewire is actually very robust...robust enough that you can start a file transfer, unplug the cable, count to five, plug it back in and the transfer will continue, in many cases, unless the OS determines that the volume is gone. I remember the reviewers at MAcWorld doing this at the beginning of the FW era (this was in OS 9). I'm thinking that flaky disks in flaky external FW cases are largely to blame, there's a lot of cheap corner-cut gear out there. I've never had an issue with FW drives being on when the computer is shut off...other than my wife yells at me "You left something on! I can hear something humming under that pile of stuff on your desk!" 8-) -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
