I've been so used to using a fairly recent Pioneer DVD burner that I didn't realize how limited slightly older DVD-ROM drives were. It's certainly frustrating, and I assumed it had to do with Apple-branded drives vs. generics, but apparently that's not the case.
I suppose combo drives (CD burner / DVD reader) have some firmware updates, but apparently DVD-ROM's have very few, then. So - how much would it cost to get a decent DVD burner for a Pismo? Not cheap, I bet. My inexpensive solution is to not bother with movies at all, and just make sure that I burn Mac data onto, say, Verbatim DVD-R's. I was able to boot with a backup copy of Tiger burned on a Verbatim DVD+R, but not with an exact duplicate on an Imation or JVC DVD+R (both were manufactured by Ritek). --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Low End Mac's G-Books list, a group for those using G3 iBooks and PowerBooks (we run a separate list for G4 'Books). The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g-books?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
