Re: Trouble reading certain DVD's in SR-8585F DVD-ROM drive

[Paul]

I think I did update the firmware to the latest one I could find. It's
not even a burner, just a DVD-ROM drive. I suppose the first thing is
to try a cleaning disc, since it might just work.

Failing that, it's not that expensive to get a DVD reader or even a
burner.

What's much more painful is dealing with a similar but worse version
of this problem on my Pismo. It's fussy about brands, and probably
about DVD-R vs. DVD+R, and probably just plain fussy about homemade
DVD's as opposed to DVD's whose data was stamped at the factory. But
first, a try with the cleaner disc...
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Re: A take on Apple Inc

[Jeffrey Engle]

On Dec 21, 2008, at 9:35 PM, Brian Christmas wrote:

> G'day listers
>
> The following makes for an interesting read..
>
> http://tinyurl.com/8ewuko
>
> Regards
>
> Santa
>

Interesting article. "Funny how they assume that if Mac was to go out  
of business, That I myself would even recognize the existence of  
anything else that would take it's place". There's Apple and  
there's Like I said, Apple. :-) Jeff 
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Re: Newbie window problem

[Kris Tilford]

On Dec 21, 2008, at 9:17 PM, Arthur Dirks wrote:

> if the cursor wanders off the app window all of them suddenly pop up  
> tiled.

This sounds like the OS X feature "Exposé". You can change this  
behavior in System Preferences>Exposé. Likely you've got a "hot  
corner" as a default and the cursor isn't simply wandering off the  
window but rather it's going into the "hot corner" which activates  
Exposé?
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Re: Mac printing on a PC network

[Kris Tilford]

On Dec 21, 2008, at 9:11 PM, Arthur Dirks wrote:

> On the HP site for the HP4 I find all the MS drivers and OS/2 and  
> Unix, and for the Color Laserjet 1600 I find all the MS drivers and  
> Linux.

You'll want to download the GutenPrint drivers and use them:



I use these with older HP printer like yours, they should work fine.

If you have issues, an alternative is the HPIJS drivers:





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Newbie window problem

[Arthur Dirks]

This is a small but annoying thing. I'm new to Macs, using a G3 with OS 10.3. 
I'm accustomed to working with a half-dozen open windows, none full screen, but 
on this machine if the cursor wanders off the app window all of them suddenly 
pop up tiled. I'm wading through Mac OSX Bible and the Missing Manual, but 
can't find a reference to this and I want to defeat it. It's driving me nuts - 
I'm tired of keeping a finger over F10. Help please.

designerguy


  

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Mac printing on a PC network

[Arthur Dirks]

I have a 400 mhz G3 B&W with 640 mb of memory running 10.3.9. I'm a long-term 
PC gearhead but new to the Mac, and struggling with networking for printing. I 
have 2 PCs - and now this G3 - on a home network through a Linksys router fed 
by Verizon broadband. This is functional out of the box - the Mac can see the 
workgroup and the shared folders on each computer, and I'm sending this message 
on the network. 

For printing I use a Zonet ZPS2102 print server to an old HP4 and a new HP1600. 
The Zonet installation files are all exe and dll, as are all of my driver and 
utility discs for the printers. On the HP site for the HP4 I find all the MS 
drivers and OS/2 and Unix, and for the Color Laserjet 1600 I find all the MS 
drivers and Linux. 

Zonet doesn't list any drivers different than the dos/win ones on the 
installation cd, but I found an archived 2005 message in a discussion group "I 
use the ZPS-2102 with both Macintosh and Windows machines, and have a Canon 
Pixma iP8500 and HP LaserJet 6MP connected."

So what I want to do apparently is possible. How can I print from my G3 to 
these two printers?

designerguy


  

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Re: Backlit Keyboard

[Phil Wong]

http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/keyboards/keyboard/devices/4740&cl=US,EN




  - Original Message - 
  From: R. A. Cantrell 
  To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com 
  Sent: Sunday, December 21, 2008 12:31 PM
  Subject: Backlit Keyboard


  Can anybody recommend a generic (doesn't have to be Apple) USB keyboard that 
features backlit keys?

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Ownership & Permissions on Other Partitions

[insightinmind]

I've carried over several partitions that I have changed OS X use of  
several times: other partitions originally used by Panther 10.3.9 and  
now used by Leopard ...10.5.5, 10.5.6, back to 10.5.4. All on a  
Quicksilver 2002 Dual 1GHz Native G4.

I have used different computer user names ... originally using  
"billconnelly" now using "moonstoneartstudio". Recently ended up with  
"moonstoneartstudiospowermacg4" before going back to  
"moonstoneartstudio".

What might I do to consolidate my setup, on the Other Partitions, so  
no Ownership and/or Permissions issues crop up?

For example, I recently changed my Desktop Background from images on  
the Leopard partition, to those from my DOCS partition, and on  
Startup today, it chose a blue Background in lieu of my pictures from  
DOCS. I think it's because it couldn't open the partition in time to  
setup the Desktop (???).

I've been "warned" that OS X may function better if I keep all my  
APPS and DOCS along with the OS, but I haven't taken the plunge yet;  
and, probably won't. I still prefer partitioning:

OS X Leopard ("moonstoneartstudio")
OS X Panther 10.3.9 ("billconnelly")
Classic 9.2.2
APPS
DOCS

Bad Boy? or Don't Worry, Be Happy?

Bill Connelly
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myspace: http://www.myspace.com/moonstoneartstudio




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Re: Backlit Keyboard

[Alex Smith (K4RNT)]

I swear by my Logitech G11 keybord. :)

On Sun, Dec 21, 2008 at 11:31 AM, R. A. Cantrell  wrote:

> Can anybody recommend a generic (doesn't have to be Apple) USB keyboard
> that features backlit keys?
>
> --
> All the best,
>
> R.A. Cantrell
>
> >
>


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Re: Lombard DVD card in OSX??

[Larry Stotler]

On Dec 21, 12:14 am, "jonas ulrich"  wrote:
> Hi. I just bought a DVD card for my PowerBook G3 Lombard 333MHZ. I can play
> DVDs great in OS9, but I would like to find a way to play them in OS10. Does
> anyone know of any programs that will do that? Thanks!-Jonas

IIRC, I THINK that MPlayer can use those old Zoomed Video Port cards.
They aren't really supported anymore though, since a G4 or a Pentium3
are fast enough to decode MPEG2 video.
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Re: New Aluminium Keyboards

[Ted Treen]

Brian Durant wrote:
> I have experienced this on my G5 as well, but there was a firmware 
> update a while ago that took care of this issue. It only crops up 
> these days if I need to reinstall the system.
>
> Go for it :-)
>
> On Sun, Dec 21, 2008 at 5:52 PM, Bruce Johnson 
> mailto:john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu>> 
> wrote:
>
>
>
> On Dec 21, 2008, at 9:23 AM, Ted Treen wrote:
>
> >
> > However, I have heard (can't recall where) that if they're used with
> > systems that they were not the original equipment for, the modifiers
> > at
> > bootup don't work, and there were other problems.
> >
>
> Maybe here, I mentioned it a while back.
>
> > Anyone any first-hand experience, or know the facts?
>
>
> I have one on my Intel iMac at work (1st gen) and my upgraded GigE at
> home, and neither of them recognize the keys at startup.
>
> I have several old Mac keyboards laying about at work and one at home.
> I just plug the old keyboard into the new one if I need to start in
> safe mode.
>
> Makes recovery from problem a bit of a hassle, but otherwise I really
> like the new keyboards.
>
> --
> Bruce Johnson
> U of Az  College of Pharmacy
> Information Technology Group
> Institutions don't have opinions, merely customs
>
>
>
Thanks Bruce & Brian.

Guess it wouldn't harm to borrow one from a MacPro at work, and try it 
on my work G5 dual 2.5.

They're Jan 08 keyboards - I'll see if they require a F/W update first.

Will report back.

Cheers,

Ted

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Backlit Keyboard

[R. A. Cantrell]

Can anybody recommend a generic (doesn't have to be Apple) USB keyboard that
features backlit keys?

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Re: Hard drive removed? NO way!

[Dan]

At 8:45 AM -0800 12/21/2008, Jeffrey Engle wrote:
>On Dec 21, 2008, at 8:39 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote:
>  > On Dec 21, 2008, at 9:23 AM, Jeffrey Engle wrote:
>  >> Here's the deal
>>>
>>>  I have a 160gb hard drive external that I needed to partition then do
>>>  a secure erase not even 15 minutes into the erase, the warning
>>>  window comes up saying that I disconnected the drive! aAAAH! I
>  >
>>  Something caused the drive to drop off the bus. Flaky USB interface in
>  > the drive?
>
>Just curious, the drive enclosure has a Y-usb cable for power from the 
>usb ports on the macbook, if the "power side" was not plugged in,
>would that have anything to do with it?

One of the ways companies make their laptops have better battery life 
is by providing less power over the USB and Firewire type interfaces. 
heh. Apple is notorious for this.  If the drive has such an adapter, 
that's a clue -- the drive probably requires 90% or more of the 
"standard" power off that bus, and if your laptop isn't even 
providing that "standard"...  Running it without that being plugged 
in is just asking for trouble, IMO.

BTW, what's the point of partitioning the drive BEFORE doing the 
secure erase?  You want to make sure some part of the drive retains 
its old data, or is not exercised (depending on your purpose for said 
erase).

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Re: New Aluminium Keyboards

[Brian Durant]

I have experienced this on my G5 as well, but there was a firmware update a
while ago that took care of this issue. It only crops up these days if I
need to reinstall the system.
Go for it :-)

On Sun, Dec 21, 2008 at 5:52 PM, Bruce Johnson  wrote:

>
>
> On Dec 21, 2008, at 9:23 AM, Ted Treen wrote:
>
> >
> > However, I have heard (can't recall where) that if they're used with
> > systems that they were not the original equipment for, the modifiers
> > at
> > bootup don't work, and there were other problems.
> >
>
> Maybe here, I mentioned it a while back.
>
> > Anyone any first-hand experience, or know the facts?
>
>
> I have one on my Intel iMac at work (1st gen) and my upgraded GigE at
> home, and neither of them recognize the keys at startup.
>
> I have several old Mac keyboards laying about at work and one at home.
> I just plug the old keyboard into the new one if I need to start in
> safe mode.
>
> Makes recovery from problem a bit of a hassle, but otherwise I really
> like the new keyboards.
>
> --
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Re: Trouble reading certain DVD's in SR-8585F DVD-ROM drive

[Steve R]

At 8:13 AM -0800 12/21/08, PeterH posted:
>  On Dec 20, 2008, at 10:14 PM, Paul wrote:
>
>>  The Matsushita SR-8585F is labeled "Apple" and came with some G4's and
>>  possibly other Macs. I've tried a few rewritable DVD's without luck
>>  reading them, even though they're known to be good, since other DVD
>>  readers on other machines can read them.
>
>  Lasers go bad.

Lasers also get dusty. I've successfully 'revitalised' an ancient DVD 
burner by using a cleaner DVD disc.

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Re: Hard drive removed? NO way!

[Bruce Johnson]

On Dec 21, 2008, at 9:45 AM, Jeffrey Engle wrote:

>>
>> Something caused the drive to drop off the bus. Flaky USB interface  
>> in
>> the drive?
>>
>>
>
> Just curious, the drive enclosure has a Y-usb cable for power from the
> usb ports on the macbook, if the "power side" was not plugged in,
> would that have anything to do with it? I've never had to use the
> "power side" yet? hmm... Jeff

Could well be.

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Re: New Aluminium Keyboards

[Bruce Johnson]

On Dec 21, 2008, at 9:23 AM, Ted Treen wrote:

>
> However, I have heard (can't recall where) that if they're used with
> systems that they were not the original equipment for, the modifiers  
> at
> bootup don't work, and there were other problems.
>

Maybe here, I mentioned it a while back.

> Anyone any first-hand experience, or know the facts?


I have one on my Intel iMac at work (1st gen) and my upgraded GigE at  
home, and neither of them recognize the keys at startup.

I have several old Mac keyboards laying about at work and one at home.  
I just plug the old keyboard into the new one if I need to start in  
safe mode.

Makes recovery from problem a bit of a hassle, but otherwise I really  
like the new keyboards.

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Re: Hard drive removed? NO way!

[Jeffrey Engle]

On Dec 21, 2008, at 8:39 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote:

>
>
> On Dec 21, 2008, at 9:23 AM, Jeffrey Engle wrote:
>
>>
>> Here's the deal
>>
>> I have a 160gb hard drive external that I needed to partition then do
>> a secure erase not even 15 minutes into the erase, the warning
>> window comes up saying that I disconnected the drive! aAAAH! I
>
>
> Something caused the drive to drop off the bus. Flaky USB interface in
> the drive?
>
>

Also, I've had this happen before on high quality drive enclosures  
hooked to my, then, powermac G5 2.0ghz J.

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Re: Hard drive removed? NO way!

[Jeffrey Engle]

On Dec 21, 2008, at 8:39 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote:

>
>
> On Dec 21, 2008, at 9:23 AM, Jeffrey Engle wrote:
>
>>
>> Here's the deal
>>
>> I have a 160gb hard drive external that I needed to partition then do
>> a secure erase not even 15 minutes into the erase, the warning
>> window comes up saying that I disconnected the drive! aAAAH! I
>
>
> Something caused the drive to drop off the bus. Flaky USB interface in
> the drive?
>
>

Just curious, the drive enclosure has a Y-usb cable for power from the  
usb ports on the macbook, if the "power side" was not plugged in,  
would that have anything to do with it? I've never had to use the  
"power side" yet? hmm... Jeff

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Re: Hard drive removed? NO way!

[Bruce Johnson]

On Dec 21, 2008, at 9:23 AM, Jeffrey Engle wrote:

>
> Here's the deal
>
> I have a 160gb hard drive external that I needed to partition then do
> a secure erase not even 15 minutes into the erase, the warning
> window comes up saying that I disconnected the drive! aAAAH! I


Something caused the drive to drop off the bus. Flaky USB interface in  
the drive?

--
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Re: Ways to clean up old Macs, environmentally.

[Dan]

At 8:37 PM -0800 12/20/2008, Mullin9 wrote:
>Ways to clean up old Macs, environmentally.
>1 way to clean up an old Mac is to recycle a CRT monitor, and buy an 
>LCD, especially a LED backed LCD.
>another way to do it is to upgrade to new/newer environmentally clean Macs.

This makes sense IFF the hardware has died.

If the hardware is functional then adding it to the trash stream is 
simply NOT an environmentally friendly thing to do!  I don't care if 
"trash stream" is actual trash or a recycling program -- WORKING 
hardware should NEVER be scrapped.  As long as its kept as-is, the 
hazardous materials are locked in and we aren't spending the energy 
or resources (water etc) to process them!

Ok, I can see trying to justify things because the newer hardware 
might use less electricity IF its power supply is lower wattage and 
more efficient.  From the consumer point of view, the electric 
savings is nice.  But from the environmental POV - again, that CRT 
didn't need to be recycled YET.

I see this like this whole Compact Florescent effort that we've 
bought into.  The mercury in them makes them one of the worst 
technologies we've ever used.  If you break one at home, technically, 
you're supposed to report it to your local poison control center so 
they can initiate the necessary environmental cleanup!  Beyond that, 
their light is awful, and they DONT last the n years they're supposed 
to.  The only way CF lights are a good deal is if you're a stock 
holder in the companies that make them.  The same as for buying new 
computer hardware just to replace perfectly good working hardware...



- Dan.
-- 
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Hard drive removed? NO way!

[Jeffrey Engle]

Here's the deal

I have a 160gb hard drive external that I needed to partition then do  
a secure erase not even 15 minutes into the erase, the warning  
window comes up saying that I disconnected the drive! aAAAH! I'm using  
a new (unibody) macbook with fresh install of 10.5.5 on it. What  
the stink did I do wrong? here's the portion of the log I think is  
pertinent:


12/21/08 7:57:47 AM Disk Utility[128]   **

12/21/08 7:57:47 AM Disk Utility[128]   Disk Utility started.


12/21/08 7:59:38 AM Disk Utility[128]   Preparing to partition disk:  
“TOSHIBA MK1653GSX Media”

12/21/08 7:59:38 AM Disk Utility[128]   Partition Scheme: GUID  
Partition Table

12/21/08 7:59:38 AM Disk Utility[128]   2 volumes will be 
created

12/21/08 7:59:38 AM Disk Utility[128]   

12/21/08 7:59:38 AM Disk Utility[128]   Partition 1

12/21/08 7:59:38 AM Disk Utility[128]   Name   : 
“Untitled 1”

12/21/08 7:59:38 AM Disk Utility[128]   Size   : 
74.5 GB

12/21/08 7:59:38 AM Disk Utility[128]   Filesystem : 
Mac OS Extended  
(Journaled)

12/21/08 7:59:38 AM Disk Utility[128]   

12/21/08 7:59:38 AM Disk Utility[128]   Partition 2

12/21/08 7:59:38 AM Disk Utility[128]   Name   : 
“Untitled 2”

12/21/08 7:59:38 AM Disk Utility[128]   Size   : 
74.5 GB

12/21/08 7:59:38 AM Disk Utility[128]   Filesystem : 
Mac OS Extended  
(Journaled)

12/21/08 7:59:38 AM Disk Utility[128]   

12/21/08 7:59:38 AM Disk Utility[128]   Creating partition map.

12/21/08 7:59:41 AM Disk Utility[128]   Formatting disk1s2 as Mac OS  
Extended (Journaled) with name Untitled 1.

12/21/08 7:59:45 AM kernel  hfs: Initializing the journal (joffset  
0x257000 sz 0x80)...
12/21/08 7:59:47 AM fseventsd[38]   log dir: /Volumes/Untitled  
1/.fseventsd getting new uuid: 77A7B513-9281-49F5-A284-1EDCECB1B903 
12/21/08 7:59:47 AM Disk Utility[128]   Formatting disk1s3 as Mac OS  
Extended (Journaled) with name Untitled 2.

12/21/08 7:59:51 AM kernel  hfs: Initializing the journal (joffset  
0x253000 sz 0x80)...
12/21/08 7:59:52 AM fseventsd[38]   log dir: /Volumes/Untitled  
2/.fseventsd getting new uuid: 37D12D6C-C232-4D9B-8A96-D962049FA741 
12/21/08 7:59:52 AM Disk Utility[128]   Partition complete.

12/21/08 7:59:52 AM Disk Utility[128]   

12/21/08 8:02:02 AM ntpd[26]time reset -0.330161 s  
12/21/08 8:02:11 AM Disk Utility[223]   **

12/21/08 8:02:11 AM Disk Utility[223]   Disk Utility started.


12/21/08 8:02:41 AM Disk Utility[223]   Preparing to zero disk :  
“Untitled 1”

12/21/08 8:02:41 AM Disk Utility[223]   Passes : 0

12/21/08 8:03:16 AM /usr/sbin/ocspd[230]starting
12/21/08 8:09:00 AM kernel  disk1s2: device/channel is not attached.
12/21/08 8:09:00 AM Disk Utility[223]   Secure Erase completed  
successfully in 6 minutes.


12/21/08 8:09:01 AM kernel  disk1: device/channel is not attached.  
12/21/08 8:09:01 AM Disk Utility[223]   Preparing to erase : “Untitled 
1”

12/21/08 8:09:01 AM Disk Utility[223]   Partition Scheme: GUID  
Partition Table

12/21/08 8:09:01 AM Disk Utility[223]   1 volume will be erased

12/21/08 8:09:01 AM Disk Utility[223]   Name   : 
“Untitled 1”

12/21/08 8:09:01 AM Disk Utility[223]   Size   : 
74.5 GB

12/21/08 8:09:01 AM Disk Utility[223]   Filesystem : 
Mac OS Extended  
(Journaled)


12/21/08 8:09:01 AM kernel  disk1s3: media is not present.  
12/21/08 8:09:01 AM kernel  D6-294C6665FFA9/live.0.indexHead]  
[FSLogMsgID 810779169] [FSLogMsgOrder Last] 
12/21/08 8:09:01 AM mds[32] (/Volumes/Untitled 2/.Spotlight-V100/Store- 
V1/Stores/0796E83B-09BD-48C1-B8D6-294C6665FFA9)(Error) IndexStore in  
SIStoreDirytySDBChunks:Error storing dirty sdb pages: 22
12/21/08 8:09:01 AM kernel  disk1s3: media is not present.  
12/21/08 8:09:01 AM mds[32] (/Volumes/Untitled 2/.Spotlight-V100/Store- 
V1/Stores/0796E83B-09BD-48C1-B8D6-294C6665FFA9)(Error) IndexCI in  
CIMetaInfoSync:sync err: 22 
12/21/08 8:09:01 AM kernel  jnl: disk1s3: close: journal 0x441ad10, is  
invalid.  aborting outstanding transactions 
12/21/08 8:09:02 AM Disk Utility[223]   Error with volume erase No such 
 
file or directory

12/21/08 8:09:02 AM   

New Aluminium Keyboards

[Ted Treen]

Hi All,

Ihave been considering one of these to go with my new (to me) G5.

I use one occasionally at work on a MacPro and rather like them.

However, I have heard (can't recall where) that if they're used with 
systems that they were not the original equipment for, the modifiers at 
bootup don't work, and there were other problems.

Anyone any first-hand experience, or know the facts?

Thanks

Ted

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Re: Trouble reading certain DVD's in SR-8585F DVD-ROM drive

[PeterH]

On Dec 20, 2008, at 10:14 PM, Paul wrote:

> The Matsushita SR-8585F is labeled "Apple" and came with some G4's and
> possibly other Macs. I've tried a few rewritable DVD's without luck
> reading them, even though they're known to be good, since other DVD
> readers on other machines can read them.

Lasers go bad.

Particularly after long burns at maximum speeds.

If you have an early Superdrive (DVR-104, for example), or a same- 
generation DVD reader/CD burner (Matshita, for example), it's high  
time to get a current burner.

For an old PATA-only G4, Lite-On has a 20X burner that does  
everything but eat, and it generally retails for $20 at NewEgg or  
TigerDirect. Usually burns at 16X, though.

Even better, Samsung has a 20X burner which really will burn that  
fast. Or, of not at 20X, then at 18X.

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Re: External FW 800 drive won't mount

[Al]

On Dec 21, 4:14 am, Clark Martin  wrote:
> Tom wrote:
> > I was given a 500-gig FireWire 800 external drive (generic, I guess;

> Even if the drive wasn't mounted Disk Utility would show it.  If it
> doesn't show the drive at all it means the OS isn't seeing it as a drive.
>
>
> > What do you do with a thing like this?
>
> Look at System Profiler, under FireWire.  It should at least show the
> IDE (or SATA) to FW interface if not the drive itself.
>
And if there is no hope there, maybe put the drive mechanism into
another enclosure.

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Re: mds 99%

[Dan]

At 7:21 PM -0800 12/20/2008, Ernest L. Gunerius wrote:
>
>  I have always, since moving to OSX, selected MacOS Extended (Not
>Journaled)

Not a good choice.

Journaling is THE main mechanism that HFS+ (Mac OS Extended) now 
depends upon to maintain much of its integrity across bad crashes. 
It is probably THE best enhancement to HFS ever.  But you've turned 
it off...

>and never use Spotlight. I find Cmd F to be good enough.

If a spotlight index exists on the volume, then the Finder's search 
(cmd-F) uses it!  So you DO use Spotlight.

>Is Cmd F still Sherlock?

No.

>Does the:
>
>>sudo mdutil -i off /Volumes/*
>>sudo mdutil -E /Volumes/*
>>sudo mdutil -i on /Volumes/*
>
>fix the Un-mountable Volumes?

No.  Those commands only deal with the Spotlight indices on 
functioning mounted volumes.


As to your un-mountable volumes... Sorry - Your subject was mds.  The 
rest I took to be resolved background information.  So to go back to 
your original post

>[replaced monitor] and then the trouble really began with many KP's 
>and very slow response from Safari 3 and Camino 1.5.

It would be helpful to see some of the kernal panic logs.  Don't post 
them to this mailing list tho - zip 'em up and send them to me as an 
attachment.

>I tried to do a SuperDuper BU to my other drive but that failed. To
>keep this short all I tried has resulted in my having lost most of my
>saved recent Email and all of my acquired Applications.

Why did the backup fail - exactly what was the error message?

>My immediate problem is the mds Process using all the CPU and the
>curious fact that Disk Utility will neither Test, Repair or erase the
>250G or the 420G drives and reports they cannot be Unmounted. I have
>Shut down and restarted several time with no change in that report.

Sometimes Spotlight gets a death grip on a volume.  Very annoying. 
Do the "mdutil -i off" command to disable the indexing.  Then try 
Disk Utility.  If it still has problems, then try booting into Safe 
Mode (shift key held down) to run Disk Utility, or boot from your OS 
X DVD...

HTH,
- Dan.
- Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth

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Re: Burning Audio CD

[George Hozendorf]

On Dec 20, 2008, at 6:58 PM, Kris Tilford wrote:

>
> On Dec 20, 2008, at 5:14 PM, George Hozendorf wrote:
>
>> Using iTunes 8.0.2 under OSX 10.5.6 I can't get a playable CD to
>> burn.  The files come out MP4 not aiff.  Toast Titanium will only
>> burn four of 14 selected songs from my iTunes playlist.  What am I
>> doing wrong?
>
> Choose "Burn Playlist to Disc" from the contextual drop-down menu by
> Control-clicking (right clicking) on the highlighted Playlist. In the
> "Burn Settings" window, under the setting "Disc Format", you'll need
> to change the format from "Data CD or DVD" to "Audio CD". This will
> burn a normal aiff audio CD for you. Remember the size, you'll be
> limited to about an hour of music total. An MP3 CD can hold a lot more
> IF your CD player can play MP3 files?

Thanks Ted.  Got it.
>
>
>
> >


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Re: upgraded to 10.4.11 -old file linkage issue

[D Stubbs]

On Sat, Dec 20, 2008 at 7:22 PM, Yersinia  wrote:

>
> Del writes,
>
>  course,
> the original program still points to a different HD and partition. I am
> grossly ignorant of such goings on, but hope some of the great minds on
> this
> forum know some sensible workaround that I can do, or way to trick them
> into
> finding each other again.>
>
> If you mean when you double click App's icon in the dock: Remove it from
> the dock, then open App's folder (Applications or wherever you keep it on
> the new HD) and drag App's icon from THERE back into the dock.
>
> ~Yersinia.


Yes!!!
That's so simple a fix I am dumfounded, I was dreading re-directing each
file one at a time,
thankyou very much,
(now at last I can put on our website that we are closed for the Holidays, )
and a  happy one to you all
Del

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Re: Booting old Macs, using just an ethernet.

[Charles Lenington]

Mullin9 wrote:
> Booting old Macs, using just an ethernet.
> I have a Beige G3 Powermac, without a working CDROM,
> no FW 400, but a freshly installed HDD,
> and a G4 running OS 9, can I boot (net boot) a beige G3 off an OS 9
> running on a G4, using just the ethernet.?
>
> Target mode is fine for 2 Macs, only if you have FW on both of them.
>   
I know that an LC can be net booted, since when I pulled parts from LC 
cases some of them had a special card in place of a scsi hard drive. If 
I can find the box you you could have one to try for $8 shipped.

Contact off list.
Charles Lenington

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Re: upgraded to 10.4.11 -old file linkage issue

[Charles Lenington]

D Stubbs wrote:
> Aloo,  this week I happily left behind my 30 gig HD ( with the Dark 
> Matter 10.3.9 OS) and transferred every thing to my new Seagate 160 
> and upped to Tiger. ( 30 gig is still hooked up in our Sawtooth)
> We run our sizeable family biz website with the friendly old  
> Pagemill3 - The App came along fine, and files are in a new 
> partition,  but of course, the original program still points to a 
> different HD and partition. I am grossly ignorant of such goings on, 
> but hope some of the great minds on this forum know some sensible 
> workaround that I can do, or way to trick them into finding each other 
> again.
> thanks much! Del
>
> in case it's useful   http://pinewoodforge.com
>
> --
Try changing the name of new drive to match old drives name.

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Re: Can I add content after burn?

[Charles Lenington]

Jeffrey Engle wrote:
> Is there a way to add files to a disk that's already burned? I thought  
> I saw somewhere how you could do that, but not sure. Google came up  
> with a blank. Jeff
>
>   
Requires third party software that allows multisessions. Apples software 
doesn't (the last time I tried).

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Re: External FW 800 drive won't mount

[Clark Martin]

Tom wrote:
> I was given a 500-gig FireWire 800 external drive (generic, I guess;
> no logo on the metal case) as part of the deal when I bought my G5 on
> eBay, but when I plug the drive into the FW 800 port of my G5, it does
> not show up on the desktop, even with restarts. I tried a different FW
> cable, and tried both FW ports on the drive, same result. Then I took
> the drive over to a G4 MDD with a FW 800 port and plugged it into that
> computer, but the G4 doesn't see it either, so it's not likely a dead
> FW port on the G5. The fan in the case is running, and I can hear the
> drive humming away in there too, the case gets warm and vibrates
> mildly to the touch like things are spinning inside, and the blue
> light is shining steadily on the front of the case. But it doesn't
> show up on the desktop, and Disk Utility doesn't see it either.
> 
> Back in the old SCSI days, I remember using search utilities that
> could seek out drives and mount them, but Disk Utility doesn't seem
> capable of that, or at least I don't see any "Search for and Mount
> Drives" option.

Even if the drive wasn't mounted Disk Utility would show it.  If it 
doesn't show the drive at all it means the OS isn't seeing it as a drive.

> 
> What do you do with a thing like this?


Look at System Profiler, under FireWire.  It should at least show the 
IDE (or SATA) to FW interface if not the drive itself.


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External FW 800 drive won't mount

[Tom]

I was given a 500-gig FireWire 800 external drive (generic, I guess;
no logo on the metal case) as part of the deal when I bought my G5 on
eBay, but when I plug the drive into the FW 800 port of my G5, it does
not show up on the desktop, even with restarts. I tried a different FW
cable, and tried both FW ports on the drive, same result. Then I took
the drive over to a G4 MDD with a FW 800 port and plugged it into that
computer, but the G4 doesn't see it either, so it's not likely a dead
FW port on the G5. The fan in the case is running, and I can hear the
drive humming away in there too, the case gets warm and vibrates
mildly to the touch like things are spinning inside, and the blue
light is shining steadily on the front of the case. But it doesn't
show up on the desktop, and Disk Utility doesn't see it either.

Back in the old SCSI days, I remember using search utilities that
could seek out drives and mount them, but Disk Utility doesn't seem
capable of that, or at least I don't see any "Search for and Mount
Drives" option.

What do you do with a thing like this?

Tom
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