That is a shame. One thing I do not like about the external super drive is that the USB cable is hard wired in to the drive, so if the cable has problems, you can't just replace it. On May 30, 2012, at 2:27 PM, Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith wrote:
> Hello everybody > > Today we finally admitted defeat in our quest to have our late 2011 Mac Mini > Server machines boot from our generic DVD drives. We, Gordon and I, went into > town and bought 2 Apple MacBook Air Superdrives. We did this very much > against our will, as we do not agree with Apple's new policy of forcing the > user to use none but their own hardware in this way. > > Anyway, we've just got back from a very enjoyable bike ride, and we unpacked > the first of the Superdrives; well, I should say Gordon did, while I watched. > We have just tried booting from an OS DVD and, guess what! The machine boots > perfectly. So it would appear that those who told us this was the case were > correct and Apple has indeed done something with their firmware to make this > restriction happen. > > So, if anybody else is in the same situation, it looks like you'll have to > shell out more money. As for us, we now have 2 Rico DVD-RW drives, both > capable of writing dual layer DVDs, sitting here doing absolutely nothing. > Well, we could use one with our NetBook I guess. > > Lynne > > <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> > > To reply to this post, please address your message to > mac-access@mac-access.net > > You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at > either the list's own dedicated web archive: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> > or at the public Mail Archive: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/>. > Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml> > > The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and > worm-free! > > Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting > the list website at: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/> <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> or at the public Mail Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/>. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml> The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free! Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting the list website at: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/>
