> For months my external Yamaha 4416S SCSI CDRW worked OK with Toast > Titanium 5.2 (Mac OS X 10.1.5, XPostFacto 2.2, PowerMac 8600/XLR8 G4 > 450). > > The CDRW disappeared from Mac OS X after I had to reinstall the system > but I really don't know what I should do to make it reappear again. > > With the old system I did have to boot in verbose mode or install the > AppleScript Update 1.8.3 before the CDRW was recognized so the external > SCSI chain has always been somewhat flaky... > > Now Toast doesn't see the CD burner anymore (it sees it sometimes, > though, in about 5% of reboots. When booted into Mac OS 9.1 the CDRW is > OK).
I just noticed that if I have my D8 camcorder connected via FireWire and switched on when the 8600 is booting, then the CDRW is always recognized by Toast 5.2. (Previously this worked even if the camcorder was switched off). Weird. Another weird thing is that I have a test partition where I let Software Update install several pieces of software (Disc Recording Update 1.3.5, iPhoto 2.0, Java 1.3.1 Update 1, Networking Update 1.0, QuickTime 6.1, Security Update 2002-08-02, Security Update 2002-08-20). After these updates the CDRW was recognized even without the camcorder. Well, I then thought that maybe some of those SW updates was indeed necessary for the CDRW so I downloaded and installed them manually one by one on another identical partition (cloned by Carbon Copy Cloner 1.3.1). But guess what? The CDRW wasn't recognized -- only the camcorder trick worked. Weird. Oh well, now I at least have a workaround if I want to use the CDRW in X. -- Matti Haveri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.sjoki.uta.fi/~shmhav/> -- Unsupported OS X is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Unsupported OS X list info <http://lowendmac.com/lists/unsupported.html> --> 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/unsupportedosx%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
