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almunro
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I got given a Mac G4 400mhz, with 700mb ram, 20gig hdd etc.
It runs os 9.2.1 and does everything ok except when it comes to the cd drive.
It has a diamond data cdrw drive that is seen by the mac but nothing seems to boot or load from it. It doesnt see audio cds, or any cds burnt (from my pc as mac format). ive even tried a bootable linux installation disc.
when i load a black cdr or cdrw it loads 'packet media 1' on the desktop but i cant iniatilze it, urn anything to it etc.
is this a prob with os 9 or the cd drive?
i want to install osx on it but am afraid if i buy it the discs wont be read, so i want to sort this out first. any help would be greatly appreciated as im pretty new to macs. thanks.
Alex
It runs os 9.2.1 and does everything ok except when it comes to the cd drive.
It has a diamond data cdrw drive that is seen by the mac but nothing seems to boot or load from it. It doesnt see audio cds, or any cds burnt (from my pc as mac format). ive even tried a bootable linux installation disc.
when i load a black cdr or cdrw it loads 'packet media 1' on the desktop but i cant iniatilze it, urn anything to it etc.
is this a prob with os 9 or the cd drive?
i want to install osx on it but am afraid if i buy it the discs wont be read, so i want to sort this out first. any help would be greatly appreciated as im pretty new to macs. thanks.
Alex