Thanks David, but I tried it twice and failed as usual. I followed your suggestions below step by step, and after stting the Cache to 64 MB I hit the "Write CD" button in the Toast window. That brought up a box that said "A CD-ROM is mounted. Eject it and insert a blank CD." So I did that, and after the blank went in another box came up that said "This disk needs to be prepared for burning. Do you want to prepare the disk?" I typed "TechTool 3" into the disk name box and hit the "Prepare button." The little activity wheel spun for a more few seconds and the box disappeared, leaving only the Toast window sitting there again. I hit the "Write CD" button on that window and a box popped up that said "Could not complete the last command because there was an I/O error. Result Code = -36." I hit the OK button on that box and yet another one popped up that said "Do you want to burn the CD?" I hit OK on that one, and the wheel spun again for a bit, while the box said "closing the session" or some such thing. The end result of all this was: a CD icon on the desktop with the name I gave it and nothing at all inside it.
So, two more coasters made and closing in on the dozen. Drat. Thanks for trying to help. I'm sure it's me or there's something wrong with my copy of Toast, not with your advice. Tom At 3:43 PM -0700 01/14/2003, David A Schwartz wrote: >--On Tue, Jan 14, 2003 3:12 PM -0700 Tom Baker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Thanks for all the suggestions everyone, but I still haven't been able to >> burn a bootable CD. I am making a nice set of coasters though. I must >> still be doing something wrong. >> snip < > >Here's how I did it with Toast Deluxe 4.1.2: >Put in a bootable CD ( I used Norton Utilities 5 but others should work >too). Boot up your Toast application. Drag the CD to the Toast window; it >should be set as "Mac Volume". Click on the Data button, make sure >"bootable" is checked. Go up to Preferences and make sure the cache is set >to the largest it can be (I think its 64MB). Check your burning speed, >slower may be more reliable for you. Then burn Session, not Disc. If it >works, you will have a bootable CD, but less than 150MB of space will be >used. Now you can burn a second session (on the same CD) that has all the >other stuff you want on it, and it will mount on your desktop as another >volume. -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
