This message was sent from: Sun Community Forum. <http://www.gekkou.co.uk/forum/read.php?f=1&i=2861&t=2858> ---------------------------------------------------------------- Good question ... dunno the answer though. Firewire support was supposed to be added to 8 and was going to be in 9 ... but hope springs eternal. Maybe usb hard drives will work without using beta level software in 10 also. My poor sunblade just never even gets turned on anymore. Instead of working in a solaris shop I am now working in hpux. C'est la vie. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Sent using Phorum software version 3.4.4 <http://phorum.org>