It was 13/11/03 3:57 am, when Jay Busse wrote:
>> Am I going insane ? What could I be doing wrong (apart from the obvious
>> answer 'using OS X').
>
> Yes, there is, ummm, "a slight problem" with OSX reading OS9 formatted CDs,
> altho it's usually just the inabiity to see or access all the files on the
> disk.
Jay,
What's an OS 9 formatted CD?....<g>
> Mounting the disk while in Classic mode should solve your difficulties.
Can't be done...Do you mean while booted into OS 9?....
> An alternative is to simply stick the disk in a Windows XP machine, which has
> no problem seeing all the files.
What if the CD has a Mac volume?....I may be wrong but I don't think WinXP
can open Mac volumes any more than any of the other Win OS's (I have very
minimal experience using WinXP)...At least, not without shelling out for
extra software.
> Thinking too hard about why OS9 CDs are more compatible with Windows XP than
> with OSX is not recommended.
Not needed. OS X is more compatible with ALL the OS's than WinXP, or any of
the other Win OS's.
Just grabbed three CD's burned in OS 9x on different media going back a
couple of years and they mount without a problem and I can read and copy the
files without a problem. Be happy to open "all" the files on those CD's if
someone pays me...However, I'm willing to bet they will all open...
CD Format: Mac OS Standard & ISO 9660.
OS: OS X 10.3 Panther.
I know you meant well but trying to paint Microsoft in a better light at the
expense of Apple on a list is a no-no...<g>
--- It was 12/11/03 5:04 pm, when David Townend wrote:
> These same CD's that fail to mount on OSX (10.2.6) work perfectly well on
> the OS9.2.2 machine standing right next to it...
David, apart from different OS's, you are also using different machines, so
I wouldn't conclude from that that it's the OS X that's at fault. More,
ummm, scientific testing is needed...
--/ Shangara Singh.
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