> I am currently running Mac o/s 9.1 on a G3 Powerbook. I have had a prob with > it acknowledging the presence of a CD in the internal port. After running > Norton I decided I should re-install the o/s system and part of this > requires me to turn off the extensions manager. > > Has anyone else experienced this? If so how was it rectified to recognise > the CD?
Dear Simon, I don't think this is the right way to do it, since the standard reccomendation for software re-install under OS9 is to set the Extension manager to MAC OS9 ALL setting so the reinstall finds all native extensions and it can then "refresh" those that may be damaged or corrupted. It makes no sense to do it otherwise in any machine, be it a Powerbook or a Desktop unit. I would also encourage you to throw away the Finder Prefs and the System Prefs ( in the Preferences Folder) and of course to run a Desktop Rebuild after the re-install. Most likely, I would try this first, before any software re-install. If by any chance any of this this does not solve your situation, then you have to look for a conflict between extensions from any newly installed app or utility or game, and your "old" system status, inactivate this extension(s) and try again. BTW, Why don't you update to 9.2.2 all at once? it is a free update and the re-install can be done without rebooting from any other disk. As a last resort, do check if all CD's have the same behaviour, since in some funny cases, I have had some brands of CD's showing problems with some G3 iMacs of friends of mine and just don't mount on the desktop, something I still have no explanation for. Jorge Parra =============================================================== GO TO http://www.prodig.org for ~ GUIDELINES ~ un/SUBSCRIBING ~ ITEMS for SALE
