I would still recommend making a permanent disk image and trying to mount that and use it. As long as you have enough storage, it will eliminate the need for a cd altogether and even run faster.
Paul On 3/28/04 4:32 PM, "Thomas Baker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well, I finally figured out what was wrong with my backup Typing Tutor CD, > and why the program on the hard drive refused to recognize it and kept > asking for the original CD instead (the program won't work without the CD > in the drive). I thank everybody who tried to help and it was all excellent > information that I'll no doubt put to use in other situations. > > In this particular case, though, the problem had to do with how Toast 4.1.2 > handled the disk image when burning it to CD-R-- it was putting it into a > folder! On the finished (defective) backup CD, when you put it into the CD > drive, what appeared on the desktop was not the big "Typing Tutor 7" symbol > as with the original CD--instead a small icon of a CD showed up labeled > "Typing Tutor 7" underneath. Double-clicking that icon revealed a FOLDER > with all the application stuff inside, whereas the original CD has all the > app stuff sitting right out there in the open, NOT inside a folder. > > I didn't realize that Toast had put the disk image into a folder on the > copy CD, and I don't know why it does that either, but the program won't > recognize it in there. (No, I didn't drag-and-drop the disk image into > Toast, I hit the "New CD" button and then "Add" to get it in there. Someone > once told me that was the correct way to do it. Maybe I should use a > different format than "Files & Folders?" But no other format on the menu > seems to work right). > > Anyway the solution, in making the backup CD all over again, was to put the > disk image into Toast like before, only this time, before burning the CD, > move the stuff OUT of the folder that Toast created for it and put it back > into the open (that's called the "root level" of the CD, right?). At first > I wasn't able to move the Typing Tutor app out of the folder, until I > realized that the folder had the same name as the app. So I changed the > name of the folder, then removed the app from it, then threw the folder > away. > > Then I burned a new copy CD, and this one WORKS. When you put it into the > CD drive, the big Typing Tutor 7 icon appears on the desktop exactly as > with the original, and the program on the hard drive accepts it as if it > were the original and runs fine. PROBLEM SOLVED! > > So, maybe I wasn't using Toast correctly to burn the disk image onto the > CD? I wonder if there's a way to prevent Toast from inserting the image > into a folder like that to begin with. > > At any rate, things are fine now, the students have a copy CD to beat up on > instead of the original, and I know how to make another one when I need to. > Thanks again to everyone for all the help! > > Tom > > Art website at http://www.ThomasBakerPaintings.com > Archaeology website at http://www.nmia.com/~jaybird/AANewsletter/ > > -- He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire. -Sir Winston Churchill -- 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
