Best is to open System Info and check what CD/DVD drive is installed. CD/DVD drives do not show up on disk utility unless media is in it.
On Dec 31, 2011, at 7:41 AM, Camden wrote: > His drive didn't show up in the disk utility. It is either bad, or a cable > came unseated. I suppose there could be an issue with the motherboard, or > disk controller, but let's not think about that. > > On Fri, Dec 30, 2011 at 11:40 PM, Charles Lenington <[email protected]> > wrote: > On 12/31/11 1:14 AM, Dylan McDermond wrote: > On Dec 31, 2011 1:50 AM, "Todd Brayer" <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > I never used 10.1, but doesn't it have a Startup Disk thing in the > control panels that you can use to have it default to starting from > the system disk? I don't see if you tried that or not. > > > > Open the cd/dvd drive door w/ your finger. copy the computer info listed > > it will look like > > 700 mhz 40 gig hd 512 meg CDrom > dvd > Combo > > what I'm looking for is the last item above. If you have a cdrom drive a dvd > won't work in it. The early eMacs shipped w/ cdroms. > > > -- > ----- > You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs group. > The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our > netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To leave this group, send email to [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs > > Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/ > > > > -- > Sincerely: > Camden Stensland, A+ Technician, CCNA, MCP > .CAM Computer Services > Founder/President/Technician > Ph: 206.769.4585 > Alt: 206.632.4176 > [email protected] > > > -- > ----- > You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs group. > The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our > netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To leave this group, send email to [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs > > Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/ -- ----- You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs group. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/
