>...The machine will start from the CD. It will also start from the HD > properly as long as the CD is in the drive. > > Removing the Extensions from the System Folder on the HD allows the > machine to start properly, CD or no. > > Of course, starting the machine with no CD extensions in the System > Folder means that no CD will show up on the desktop when inserted. >
Of the Mac OS (8.6), I've had more cursing matches with the Apple CD/DVD extension than anything else. It really wears me out sometimes! In my experience, it just is buggy, or prone to corruption. Sometimes my CDs mount, sometimes they don't (this is using a couple of different Apple-branded CD drives). It will work fine for months perhaps, then suddenly it sees no CDs at all, including CDs that have always mounted fine before. Then I pull out the old system disk that came with my Powerbase 180 and get my copy of CDROM Toolkit from the utilities folder (since it came with a non-Apple CD drive...) and use it to mount CDs. I've also found that if a CD is in the drive and I reboot, the CD will (most of the time) mount at reboot, but if I remove it and insert another CD, nothing. I hear it spin up, then down, but it never mounts. Now I keep a fresh copy of the 8.5 CD driver on my second internal drive, and when CDs stop mounting, I just copy that over to my system folder and I'm usually back in business again (for awhile, anyway). ---Alex ______________________________________ GOD BLESS AMERICA And the brave men and women who defend her -- 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! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.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/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
