> From: Charlie Reyes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [PCI] Re: What gets burnt?
> To make bootable CDs chose 'Mac Volume' in Toast (won't work with ISO-9660 > format) and drag your system folder to the compilation. Enable "make bootable" > and check to see if the system folder is "blessed" before burning the CD. This > places system files at the root directory so they can be easliy be found and > read by the CD drive. > > Charlie Well, when trying (succesfully or otherwise) to make a boot disk, I do use 'Mac Volume' in Toast but don't drag my system folder to the compilation (it's 541 MB already), I do however think I put in a smaller valid one? As to how to tell if the one dragged onto the Toast window is "blessed", how do you do that? I'm not religious... Why does it need blessing? Toast can't get the needed resources from the System folder copied on the command of "make bootable"? Anyway, you have me thinking here Charlie and I appreciate it. You saying I can't just copy a system folder (say one found on a bootable disk like Tech Tools, or OS 9 installer disk or wherever)? Blessing may mean it has to be set as Start up in control panel, I find it hard to believe Toast requires this? But I am all confused now and maybe you are right? One thing I sometimes did is keep a partition on one of my HDs for such things, defrag it, put Norton's thru it, put a system folder on it that could make it act as start up, put all other files (apps or whatever) on that I want, make sure all adds to under say 650 MB and choose make bootable and don't copy free space. I have had uncertain results with creating temporary partitions using Toast facilities. I am having general trouble at the moment as previously described. On my second go with some new media I did succesfully burn a Mac files and folders CD - but it took a coaster to do it. The last pack of 50 CDs I bought were labelled 2x to 48x and the three I used were burnt OK (?) but unreadable on ordinary CD readers (had to use the Burner with CD Reader extension to open them), this new pack is 1x to 48x. My burner has two speeds, 1x and 2x period. I assumed that 2x to 48x would be suitable for my burner. Maybe I will take this old burner and put it on a stock standard 7300/200 I have. Am loathe to go back to 7.5.6 but maybe that is where the 3.5.7 Adaptec Toast software is happiest? Maybe I will burn at 1x (with CDs that say 1x) and respect it's age. Maybe I will chuck this thing and get more modern - really loathe to do this. What is so special about media that if they say 2x to 48x I can't burn at 1x? But have not tried, 2x being slow enough. Just a surface that a laser burns holes or pits, no? No, I know it is more complex. Why are things so difficult to understand? Does anyone actually use Toast 3.5.7 on a 7600 or similar with OS 9 or 9.1? I may be beyond helping otherwise, there being so many factors. But I feel better now! This list is cheaper than professional therapy... On Feb 11, 2004, at 4:05 PM, David Elmo wrote: > Had no trouble until recently when I must have messed something up and > the > only way the latest 2 CDs I wrote can be read is to load up Adaptec > Toast CD > Reader extension and read it on my burner (external). Hmmm..did Toast ever offer DirectCD burning? I know on PC's (which is most of our support) this is the most common reason. Roxio does have a UDF driver on their web site for Macs, somewhere for reading this format of disk . > -- Bruce Johnson Bruce, I recall this Direct CD software from somewhere and had no luck with it. Anyway it seems not to be part of anything on my machine now... And while on this whole thing of Toast 3.5.7, I have 800+ MB of RAM for goodness sake and in the preferences or settings for Ram caching it has a top requirement for 64 MB. 64 MB! I want to give it 664 never mind 64. Evidence I need more modern burning software I suppose? See, I am talking myself into spending money, already, can this happen? Anyone is welcome to stop me. -- 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
