I have fixed the Buffalo drive issue now working with guide

Ok so decided that apple where not bothering fixing the issue so i thought i would make a workaround.
My 10.5.6 macbook could see the drive fine so decided to see if i could break 10.5.6 without doing the update to give the same error.
and here is what i found
If i installed the IOUSBMassstorageclass.kextfrom 10.5.7 using b7 kext installer after re-booting the caches would update and once it had re-booted the drive would stop working in the same way as the 10.5.7 update did.
So here is the workaround
get a copy of the IOUSBMassstorageclass.kext from 10.5.6 and back it up to a pendrive then using kext installer install he kext re-boot and buffalo drives will work again.
I dont know if this is a bad thing to do i did not get any panics or kernel errors and everything seemed to go back to normal.
So there you go apple thats the offending issue the kext now get it fixed

clintbradford wrote:
... apple where not bothering fixing the issue ...
This is a problem with a couple series of Buffalo drives ... NOT an "Apple" problem to fix. Buffalo has itself admitted this fact.
In fact it's likely a problem with whomever provides Buffalo with their enclosure firmware if it isn't Buffalo themselves.
This is why it may in fact affect more drives than just Buffalo's.
Regardless, Clint is correct in that it is not Apple's responsibility to fix this issue, it is Buffalo's, and Buffalo both admits that and tries to avoid the issue by stating they do not support the use of their products on Macs.
Note also that by installing the "workaround" at the top of this thread, you may not only be seriously destabilizing your system, but future Mac OS X updates may not apply or work properly.
Kernel extensions are tested for interoperability with all other parts of Mac OS X, and to replace one version with another ignores the fact that other kernel extensions may rely upon behavior added or changed in the new version of the extension.
It's sort of like bolting a tire and wheel from a 1992 car onto a brand new one; the car might drive for a while, but long term it's likely to be nothing but trouble and may in fact be downright dangerous.

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