[muglo] USB 250-meg Zip with 10.3.9--Again!

As some of you may remember, I've had an ongoing problem with my usb 
250-meg zip and my iBook G3 900 combo running OS 10.3.9 and 9.2.2.  I 
have been in discussions with Iomega and they recommended removing 
the Iomegaware 4.0.2 software that I had on the OS 9.2.2 portion of 
the drive.  I did this, including removing the relevant extensions 
completely from the Extensions Manager.  This appeared to solve the 
problem initially, but now it's even worse than before.

I've posted a couple of questions on the OS 10 Apple Discussion 
Forums about this problem, but so far no response.  However, I noted 
that other people have reported problems with zips and OS 10 on the 
discussions forums, and some recommended getting away from usb drives 
completely and going with other backup methods.  I realize this may 
be the route I have to go in the future, but I've invested quite a 
bit in zips and would like to stay with this method for the time 
being, mainly because they are fast and I can transfer files between 
the G3 and my other computers.

The problem now is that the zip is not recognized at startup, besides 
the ongoing problem of having to eject twice.  However, I've found 
that if I simply remove the usb device and put it back in after 
startup, it appears to work fine.  I've asked Iomega about this and 
they said if it works do it, and that it may be caused by a problem 
with the usb controllers or ports.

According to the Apple OS 10 website, zips should work with OS 10, so 
that hasn't helped me.

My question is, do you know if disconnecting and reconnecting the zip 
after startup can do any harm to my software and/or hardware?  Pls 
advise.  Thanks.

Leith
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