LaCie Hard Drive vanishes after 10.4.9 update...

I've seen this complaint all over the web, but I've seen no helpful solutions from Apple or anyone else. Here's what happened to me.
First off, this is CLEARLY a problem with the latest software update 10.4.9, NOT a problem with my drive, and I'll tell you why in a minute...
After updating my OS to 10.4.9 and restarting the computer, my LaCie 500 gigabyte USB drive's icons vanished from my desktop. I tried ALL of the recommended fixes, including dropping $100.00 on Diskwarrior. Nothing worked.
Here's the clincher:
I got the bright idea to take my LaCie Drive over to my father-in-law's Mac, which he rarely updates. Sure enough, he had 10.4.8 installed, and my LaCie drive mounted just fine.
As an experiment, I then updated his computer to 10.4.9.
Guess what? The drive disappeared from his computer upon restart!
There is CLEARLY a problem with the 10.4.9 update in reference to external USB hardware at least, if not Firewire as well. I've read at least 50 similar complaints on various forums, and can only assume Apple has realized its error and is working on an update to 10.4.9 at this moment.
I'm going to call Applecare ths afternoon and report the problem. Good luck, all.
- Brainclaw

Thanks for replying!
I spoke to Applecare last week; two different people. The first one was a frontline tech support person who claimed to know nothing about these problems. I was then referred to a higher-up person who said he HAD heard about these problems, but was very non-committal about it. I have his number and was told to call back after this Thursday (03-29-07) to check up on it.
With the massive amount of people having the same problem, you'd think a fix would be forthcoming. I recommended to the Mac people at work NOT to run the 10.4.9 updater until Apple gets this resolved, as we rely on our external hard drives rather heavily.
I hope Apple releases a fix soon... more news as I get it.
- David

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