Hi AD, thanks for the input! Much appreciated. I'd have to agree with your "DVD+R = YES and DVD-R = NO" information. I haven't been 'systematic', but the DVD-R's do appear to be the only 'no joy' discs I've encountered so far.
I want to make a 'comment' about Partition Sizes and OS's and such. It's a 'theory' and if it's completely 'WRONG' correct me, but it seems sensible to me. I currently have 9.1 on a multi gig partition, 10.4 on a 7.5 gig partition, and a 40gig-ish Data Partition. My thinking is that since I've 'xpostfacto'ed an OS onto a machine not specified for it that I'm inviting instability to my system. By segregating my OS'es onto their own partitions I'm optimizing my chances of having a bootable machine should instabilities develop or a hard crash develops. Thanks All Richard On Mar 10, 9:49 am, classical <[email protected]> wrote: > My Wallstreet DVDROM module recognizes DVD+R but not DVD-R. > > Tiger probably needs more than 192MB. > 384MB is OK, 512 better, but some people have run into heat > dissipation problems as larger RAM creates more work for the CPU. > > Some believe that you must install the OS in the first partition of > the drive, which must have a formatted capacity less than 8GB. > Not so! Using XPF, you can designate your small initial partition as > a 'Helper', and install the OS into any size and location that you > wish. > > I currently have two Wallstreets, both running Tiger from 20GB partitions. > > hth.. AD > > ------------------------------------------------ > On 2009-03-09 10:51 -0700, aussieshepsrock wrote: > > >Hello, > > I've got a Wallstreet II with the Apple DVD Drive Module and I'm > >wondering 'Exactly' which discs can the drive read. Specifically which > >burned CD's and DVD's can it read, if any? It doesn't seem to like > >either the DVD-R's and the DVD+R's I've tried, but before chasing > >'wood snipes' of a mythical capability, I want to know the capability > >exists before chasing em!! My Google searches were un-illuminatory > >with lots of people asking, but no answers seemed to be 'clearly' > >jumping out of the responses. > > >I'm currently at 192mb, 60gig (two small partitions for OS installs > >and one big un for data), currently os9.1 and trying to install 10.4 > >as I write via xpostfacto. Would install 10.2 but can't find the 2nd > >install disc!?!?! NOT using something for 2 or 3 years does that to > >things! > > >Richard --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
