>Hello there everybody...
>I hope someone out there can help me. I am having difficutly booting
>from my Supermac disk. When I try to boot from it does not work. I
>hold down the C key and it still boots from the hd. ALso I have notice
>that when in the finder my cd icon no longer appears, I realize that it
>means that the drive is not mounting. When I check "scsiprobe" it
>shows me the 2 cds and the zip drive that I in my system properly but
>none of the devices will mount. The cd does boot in my powerbook system
>so I know the cd is good. I am hoping to perform a clean install the
>HD that I have.
>
>I am at my wits end with this.
>
>I have tried a boot-able zip, 3 different cds, and nothing. It will
>boot from a disk tools floppy and the hd itself. I have noticed that
>when I put in a bootable cd and hold down the C key during startup that
>the drive becomes lock as if it were mounted but I can not see the icon.
>
>I hope someone can give me some ideas...
>
>Mike
I had this same problem with a Traxdata 4/2/6 cdrw and the Toshiba
12x cd rom which originally came with my Umax - especially with self
burned cd's - no mount no icon no nothing very frustrating and I thought
it was the end of the device life.
So I stripped them both out - removed the front bezels and the upper
casings and cleaned the laser lens with a damp cotton bud and a
magnifying glass - worked like a charm and revived both devices - I am
still using the Traxdata but I swapped the Toshiba for a 24x Matshita.
Care is required as the lens is on a self focussing arm - but I've
done it twice to the Traxdata with no ill effects.
Pete in the UK
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