On Thursday, May 2, 2002, at 09:55 PM, robert rakita wrote: > C'mon wild guesses- anything-is the answer so obvious I get duhh-ed? > However, I have not received any answers from anyone else > > Bought an old syquest, removed the "player"and installed my old apple > cdrom. The purpose is to have a bootable cdplayer that didn't require > taking the cpu apart inorder to reconnect a cd rom to boot from. The > Yamaha cdrw I have isn't bootable. > > The old bootable cd rom is the only device currently on the scsi > chain. When I insert a cdthere are 7 icons for the cd appearing on > the desktop. The icons open,files can be read etc,however,the cd (all > seven) cannot be put away from the desktop(CMD-Y or dragging to > trash). Physically removing the cd shutting down the puter and > restarting will clear the desktop. I have switched scsi id's from > 1-7, the syquest box is terminated with a terminator, and nothing > changes. The recurring alert is -50.
You get 7 icons on the desktop for each CD you insert? Are these burned CDs? It sounds like you're just not burning the CDs correctly.... What app are you using to burn, and are these multi-session CDs? Multi-session CDs are not reliably bootable in my experience. -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | SPECIAL LIST PRICES - Apple PCI Video Cards from $19.99, MacOS 8.5 CD $79.99 Replacement Parts IN STOCK, Apple CDROMs from $19.99 <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.shtml> 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/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
