Well, here goes!
Have a iOGear Pcmcia Firewire/Usb 2.0 Combo card (model GUF202) , with an external Lacie d2 Extreme 160gb Firewire/USB Hard Drive, on a Powerbook G3 Lombard 333mhz, 512k ram, OS9.2/OSX 10.2.8.
PROBLEM: Lombard will not recognize the Lacie d2 with Firewire in OS9...