on 01/08/19 06:47, Leon Sargent at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Morning everyone :)
>
> I have been having problems with the specified system and CDRW. If I have
> no media in the drive, randomly I get a error message that the drive can not
> be read and I can either eject or initialize the media. I usually click
> eject, the drive door opens and it is good for a while until the message
> comes back.. then I close the door and it seems to stay away for awhile..
> The only way that I have found to avoid this so far is to always have media
> in the drive and then I do not get this message..
>
> Now that does not sound like a standard practice to me?
>
> Anyone have any ideas if maybe it is an extension conflict, maybe some
> driver conflict or something.. anyone else have this problem and or a
> solution?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Lee
>
Hi, Lee.
Yeah, I've complained about the same thing, and drawers opening at random
too. One time I thought "What the Hey" and told it to initialize the disk,
and got a message like "You dummy! You can't initialize a locked disk!": no
harm done.
I upgraded to OS 9.1 (other problems disappeared as well).
I kept my (TEAC SCSI) CD-ROM when I got my (Yamaha IDE) CD-RW. I run only 2
CD driver extensions, disabling all others. For the CD-ROM, the extension
MUST be Apple CD Driver v. 5.3.1 from the StarMax OS 7.6 disk, NOT any later
Mac driver. The do-it-all drivers for iTunes won't work. That's a StarMax
thing and has nothing to do with Toast. For the Yamaha I run the current
Toast CD Reader extension.
No more requests to initialize, no more drawers opening. I do still get
"There's another driver somewhere" from Toast once in a while, but it
doesn't seem to do any harm.
Hope this helped.
Lou
--
StarMax is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and...
/ Buy books, CDs, videos, and more from Amazon.com \
/ <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect-home/lowendmac> \
Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html>
StarMax list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/starmax.html>
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/starmax%40mail.maclaunch.com/>
Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks!
<http://www.applelinks.com>
