On Oct 31, 2012, at 4:39 PM, MacBob61 <[email protected]> wrote: >> This is remarkably peculiar, because Leopard was the OS version that >> completely did away with all the nonsense about 'supported' and >> 'unsupported' drives, and OS X went to an industry standard. > > I'll take your word for that, since you obviously know much more about it > than I do - but it sure isn't acting like it.
It is odd…since this is just a DVD-ROM it shouldn't have mattered anyway. > >> >> What happens if you boot from your 10.5 installer disk? > > Same exact thing. DVD-ROM drive is not recognized by Disk Utility. Works fine > otherwise. Go to System Information in 10.5 and see what it says for ATA in the hardware section…this might give some clues as to what is going on. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
