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bobsbarricades - 24 Dec 2005 00:28 GMT

I have an external plexwriter that I know is supported by osx. If I
stick a cd in there it can read it fine, and if I insert a blank cd
it will ask me what I want to do with it.

Howevver if ever I try to burn a disc image or anything else for that
matter, osx tells me that it can't find a burner. The only way I've
been able to select it as a burner is using that program firestarter
FX, but that only burns iso files. (i tried to convert them, but it
didn't work. I think firestarter lets me chose the plextor as a
burner, but it doesn't actually burn anything)

My internal is broken (on my iMac - 17' G4) so I have to use this
external. Please help, I really need it

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Neill Massello - 24 Dec 2005 19:57 GMT

> I have an external plexwriter that I know is supported by osx. If I
> stick a cd in there it can read it fine, and if I insert a blank cd
[quoted text clipped - 6 lines]
> didn't work. I think firestarter lets me chose the plextor as a
> burner, but it doesn't actually burn anything)

See <http://www.patchburn.de/> and
<http://forums.xlr8yourmac.com/drivedb/search.drivedb.lasso>.

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bobsbarricades - 25 Dec 2005 13:04 GMT

> See <http://www.patchburn.de/> and
> <http://forums.xlr8yourmac.com/drivedb/search.drivedb.lasso>.

Thank you very much for the help. It didn't work but it got me on
the right track. On the xlr8 website I found an update of thier
listing where they said my burner was compatible, but with a
"required edited plextor plugin file"

Where can I find this file? Is this a part of a program they offer
to download? thank you so much for your help

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Spud Demon - 26 Dec 2005 21:01 GMT

jpathak@stetson-dot-edu.no-spam.invalid (bobsbarricades) writes in article <u1135357585@aknode.invalid> dated 23 Dec 2005 16:28:01 -0800:

>I have an external plexwriter that I know is supported by osx. If I
>stick a cd in there it can read it fine, and if I insert a blank cd
[quoted text clipped - 9 lines]
>My internal is broken (on my iMac - 17' G4) so I have to use this
>external. Please help, I really need it

You can turn a folder (and subfolders) into a .iso file using "mkisofs".
It's free but complicated -- it runs from the command line and there are
dozens of options. When you get a set of options that does what you want,
save that command as a shell script.

I use it on Linux, where my DVD burner resides.

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problem with external cd burner