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Ant
Jul 5, 2012, 4:17:17 PM7/5/12
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Hello.
I am having difficulties burning 88.x MB DMG files to CDs (new CD-Rs and
an old CD-RW) onto two different external USB2 disc burner drives (both
have power AC connected: HP and LG Super brands). The new Mac Mini (no
disc slot drive)'s updated 64-bit Mac OS X 10.7.4's Disk Utilities tries
to burn and then fail right away or after a few seconds. The error says
"Unable to burn 'whatever.dmg' (The disc drive did not respond properly
and can't recover or retry." Nothing interesting in dmesg, but Disk
Utility's logs had details:
http://pastie.org/private/6tnqcnkwycr2yftp8gkzxw ...
I do see my drives' lights blink during the burns. I can quick erase the
old CD-RW fine. I can burn 538 MB from an 64-bit Windows 8 on my Acer
AM3800 PC with the same discs and external burner drives without any
problems. Also, I thought it was my USB cable extension, but it wasn't
it. I don't use any USB hubs either. DMG files are fine too. I did
notice copying from a CD to Mac Mini's local HDD was slow, but no
failures.
What could be the problem? Is USB2 too slow or something? Thank you in
advance. :(
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I am having difficulties burning 88.x MB DMG files to CDs (new CD-Rs and
an old CD-RW) onto two different external USB2 disc burner drives (both
have power AC connected: HP and LG Super brands). The new Mac Mini (no
disc slot drive)'s updated 64-bit Mac OS X 10.7.4's Disk Utilities tries
to burn and then fail right away or after a few seconds. The error says
"Unable to burn 'whatever.dmg' (The disc drive did not respond properly
and can't recover or retry." Nothing interesting in dmesg, but Disk
Utility's logs had details:
http://pastie.org/private/6tnqcnkwycr2yftp8gkzxw ...
I do see my drives' lights blink during the burns. I can quick erase the
old CD-RW fine. I can burn 538 MB from an 64-bit Windows 8 on my Acer
AM3800 PC with the same discs and external burner drives without any
problems. Also, I thought it was my USB cable extension, but it wasn't
it. I don't use any USB hubs either. DMG files are fine too. I did
notice copying from a CD to Mac Mini's local HDD was slow, but no
failures.
What could be the problem? Is USB2 too slow or something? Thank you in
advance. :(
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Király
Jul 5, 2012, 10:33:45 PM7/5/12
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In comp.sys.mac.system Ant <ANT...@zimage.com> wrote:
> I am having difficulties burning 88.x MB DMG files to CDs (new CD-Rs and
> an old CD-RW) onto two different external USB2 disc burner drives (both
> have power AC connected: HP and LG Super brands).
Try burning at a lower speed.
> I am having difficulties burning 88.x MB DMG files to CDs (new CD-Rs and
> an old CD-RW) onto two different external USB2 disc burner drives (both
> have power AC connected: HP and LG Super brands).
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Ant
Jul 5, 2012, 11:01:29 PM7/5/12
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> Well, it's either the cable, the drive, or the disk. I've had very bad
> luck with any RW disk, so I stopped buying them. I don't trust them
> with anything I plan on archiving and really only keep them around if I
> want to give something to someone.
I doubt it is the USB2 cable and the drives since I tried them on a
Windows PC without any problems. Something is screwy on Mac Mini or
something.
> Are you connecting the drives directly to the USB port on your system or
> though a hub? Since you fail immediately, that's telling me the drive
> itself isn't responding as expected rather than the disk burn failed.
I did mention no hub in my original post -- "I don't use any USB hubs
either." :)
> If this is happening with both drives, you _might_ have a bad USB port
> on the mini, but I doubt it. Why not take this whole thing down to the
> nearest Apple Store Genius Bar. They can hook up your drives to other
> systems and see if they can talk to them and duplicate your problem.
Hmm, I should try another USB port.
> If the drives a just broken (more than likely a vendor thing), then
> you're be in a place to buy a drive that will just work. If the mini is
> the problem, they can check it into the repair depot and get it fixed
> for you.
Aren't all burner drives supported in Mac OS X? I would assume they did.
I know they're years old. HP is very old like before 2005 or so.
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> luck with any RW disk, so I stopped buying them. I don't trust them
> with anything I plan on archiving and really only keep them around if I
> want to give something to someone.
I doubt it is the USB2 cable and the drives since I tried them on a
Windows PC without any problems. Something is screwy on Mac Mini or
something.
> Are you connecting the drives directly to the USB port on your system or
> though a hub? Since you fail immediately, that's telling me the drive
> itself isn't responding as expected rather than the disk burn failed.
I did mention no hub in my original post -- "I don't use any USB hubs
either." :)
> If this is happening with both drives, you _might_ have a bad USB port
> on the mini, but I doubt it. Why not take this whole thing down to the
> nearest Apple Store Genius Bar. They can hook up your drives to other
> systems and see if they can talk to them and duplicate your problem.
Hmm, I should try another USB port.
> If the drives a just broken (more than likely a vendor thing), then
> you're be in a place to buy a drive that will just work. If the mini is
> the problem, they can check it into the repair depot and get it fixed
> for you.
Aren't all burner drives supported in Mac OS X? I would assume they did.
I know they're years old. HP is very old like before 2005 or so.
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Ant
Jul 5, 2012, 11:02:00 PM7/5/12
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On 7/5/2012 7:33 PM PT, Király typed:
>> I am having difficulties burning 88.x MB DMG files to CDs (new CD-Rs and
>> an old CD-RW) onto two different external USB2 disc burner drives (both
>> have power AC connected: HP and LG Super brands).
>
> Try burning at a lower speed.
How do I do that in Disk Utility? I did not see a speed option.
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>> I am having difficulties burning 88.x MB DMG files to CDs (new CD-Rs and
>> an old CD-RW) onto two different external USB2 disc burner drives (both
>> have power AC connected: HP and LG Super brands).
>
> Try burning at a lower speed.
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Ant
Jul 5, 2012, 11:04:08 PM7/5/12
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As requested in Apple's forum threads that might help in this newsgroup
thread:
http://pastie.org/4207000 for DiscRecording.log
http://pastie.org/4207021 for Disk Burning's Report.
Thank you in advance. :)
On 7/5/2012 1:17 PM PT, Ant typed:
> I am having difficulties burning 88.x MB DMG files to CDs (new CD-Rs and
> an old CD-RW) onto two different external USB2 disc burner drives (both
> have power AC connected: HP and LG Super brands). The new Mac Mini (no
> disc slot drive)'s updated 64-bit Mac OS X 10.7.4's Disk Utilities tries
> to burn and then fail right away or after a few seconds. The error says
> "Unable to burn 'whatever.dmg' (The disc drive did not respond properly
> and can't recover or retry." Nothing interesting in dmesg, but Disk
> Utility's logs had details:
> http://pastie.org/private/6tnqcnkwycr2yftp8gkzxw ...
>
> I do see my drives' lights blink during the burns. I can quick erase the
> old CD-RW fine. I can burn 538 MB from an 64-bit Windows 8 on my Acer
> AM3800 PC with the same discs and external burner drives without any
> problems. Also, I thought it was my USB cable extension, but it wasn't
> it. I don't use any USB hubs either. DMG files are fine too. I did
> notice copying from a CD to Mac Mini's local HDD was slow, but no
> failures.
>
> What could be the problem? Is USB2 too slow or something? Thank you in
> advance. :(
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thread:
http://pastie.org/4207000 for DiscRecording.log
http://pastie.org/4207021 for Disk Burning's Report.
Thank you in advance. :)
On 7/5/2012 1:17 PM PT, Ant typed:
> I am having difficulties burning 88.x MB DMG files to CDs (new CD-Rs and
> an old CD-RW) onto two different external USB2 disc burner drives (both
> have power AC connected: HP and LG Super brands). The new Mac Mini (no
> disc slot drive)'s updated 64-bit Mac OS X 10.7.4's Disk Utilities tries
> to burn and then fail right away or after a few seconds. The error says
> "Unable to burn 'whatever.dmg' (The disc drive did not respond properly
> and can't recover or retry." Nothing interesting in dmesg, but Disk
> Utility's logs had details:
> http://pastie.org/private/6tnqcnkwycr2yftp8gkzxw ...
>
> I do see my drives' lights blink during the burns. I can quick erase the
> old CD-RW fine. I can burn 538 MB from an 64-bit Windows 8 on my Acer
> AM3800 PC with the same discs and external burner drives without any
> problems. Also, I thought it was my USB cable extension, but it wasn't
> it. I don't use any USB hubs either. DMG files are fine too. I did
> notice copying from a CD to Mac Mini's local HDD was slow, but no
> failures.
>
> What could be the problem? Is USB2 too slow or something? Thank you in
> advance. :(
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PhillipJones
Jul 5, 2012, 11:37:32 PM7/5/12
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CD/DVD with DMG file you have to use disk Utility. Not just the Burn
feature from
the finder.
Also if you can't figure it out, get RIO's Toast and create their.
Ant
Jul 6, 2012, 4:22:18 AM7/6/12
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On 7/5/2012 8:37 PM PT, PhillipJones typed:
> How are you trying to create the CD/DVD with DMG you do know to make
> CD/DVD with DMG file you have to use disk Utility. Not just the Burn
> feature from
> the finder.
Yes, using Disk Utility's burner.
> Also if you can't figure it out, get RIO's Toast and create their.
Hmm, OK. It's not free, right?
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> How are you trying to create the CD/DVD with DMG you do know to make
> CD/DVD with DMG file you have to use disk Utility. Not just the Burn
> feature from
> the finder.
> Also if you can't figure it out, get RIO's Toast and create their.
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Jolly Roger
Jul 6, 2012, 9:06:07 AM7/6/12
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In article <7rqdnZOuH4-1yGvS...@earthlink.com>,
Disk Utility, a sheet appears. On that sheet, at the top-right corner is
a little button with a disclosure triangle in it. Click that, and you
will see a bunch of options appear, one of which is the burn speed:
<http://jollyroger.kicks-ass.org/disk_utility/burn_options.png>
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Ant <a...@zimage.comANT> wrote:
> On 7/5/2012 7:33 PM PT, Király typed:
>
> >> I am having difficulties burning 88.x MB DMG files to CDs (new CD-Rs and
> >> an old CD-RW) onto two different external USB2 disc burner drives (both
> >> have power AC connected: HP and LG Super brands).
> >
> > Try burning at a lower speed.
>
> How do I do that in Disk Utility? I did not see a speed option.
Then you didn't look very carefully. When you click the Burn icon in
> On 7/5/2012 7:33 PM PT, Király typed:
>
> >> I am having difficulties burning 88.x MB DMG files to CDs (new CD-Rs and
> >> an old CD-RW) onto two different external USB2 disc burner drives (both
> >> have power AC connected: HP and LG Super brands).
> >
> > Try burning at a lower speed.
>
> How do I do that in Disk Utility? I did not see a speed option.
Disk Utility, a sheet appears. On that sheet, at the top-right corner is
a little button with a disclosure triangle in it. Click that, and you
will see a bunch of options appear, one of which is the burn speed:
<http://jollyroger.kicks-ass.org/disk_utility/burn_options.png>
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Ant
Jul 6, 2012, 11:05:32 AM7/6/12
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On 7/6/2012 6:06 AM PT, Jolly Roger typed:
>>>> I am having difficulties burning 88.x MB DMG files to CDs (new CD-Rs and
>>>> an old CD-RW) onto two different external USB2 disc burner drives (both
>>>> have power AC connected: HP and LG Super brands).
>>>
>>> Try burning at a lower speed.
>>
>> How do I do that in Disk Utility? I did not see a speed option.
>
> Then you didn't look very carefully. When you click the Burn icon in
> Disk Utility, a sheet appears. On that sheet, at the top-right corner is
> a little button with a disclosure triangle in it. Click that, and you
> will see a bunch of options appear, one of which is the burn speed:
>
> <http://jollyroger.kicks-ass.org/disk_utility/burn_options.png>
Ah indeed. I will try again later when I get to that Mac Mini at work
later. Thanks! :)
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would take about a million ants just to aim a gun at me, let alone fire
it. And you know what I'm doing while they're aiming it at me? I just
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out of their hands." --Jack Handy from Saturday Night Live
>>>> I am having difficulties burning 88.x MB DMG files to CDs (new CD-Rs and
>>>> an old CD-RW) onto two different external USB2 disc burner drives (both
>>>> have power AC connected: HP and LG Super brands).
>>>
>>> Try burning at a lower speed.
>>
>> How do I do that in Disk Utility? I did not see a speed option.
>
> Then you didn't look very carefully. When you click the Burn icon in
> Disk Utility, a sheet appears. On that sheet, at the top-right corner is
> a little button with a disclosure triangle in it. Click that, and you
> will see a bunch of options appear, one of which is the burn speed:
>
> <http://jollyroger.kicks-ass.org/disk_utility/burn_options.png>
later. Thanks! :)
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"I'm not afraid of insects taking over the world, and you know why? It
would take about a million ants just to aim a gun at me, let alone fire
it. And you know what I'm doing while they're aiming it at me? I just
sort of slip off to the side, and then suddenly run up and kick the gun
out of their hands." --Jack Handy from Saturday Night Live
Ant
Jul 6, 2012, 1:26:04 PM7/6/12
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> > > Try burning at a lower speed.
> >
> > How do I do that in Disk Utility? I did not see a speed option.
> Then you didn't look very carefully. When you click the Burn icon in
> Disk Utility, a sheet appears. On that sheet, at the top-right corner is
> a little button with a disclosure triangle in it. Click that, and you
> will see a bunch of options appear, one of which is the burn speed:
> <http://jollyroger.kicks-ass.org/disk_utility/burn_options.png>
It showed me 4X and 10X for HP and CD-RW. Memorex CD-R showed three
> >
> > How do I do that in Disk Utility? I did not see a speed option.
> Then you didn't look very carefully. When you click the Burn icon in
> Disk Utility, a sheet appears. On that sheet, at the top-right corner is
> a little button with a disclosure triangle in it. Click that, and you
> will see a bunch of options appear, one of which is the burn speed:
> <http://jollyroger.kicks-ass.org/disk_utility/burn_options.png>
different speeds (forgot to note them but who cares), and failed too.
I also tried full erase on that CD-RW and that got stuck (light blink
forever). Ugh.
I did find something about Disk Utility's report on this HP drive (also
on http://pastie.org/4211276 if the below text is messy):
Name : HP DVD Writer 300c
Type : Optical Device
Disk Identifier : disk1
Device Name : HP DVD Writer 300c
Connection Bus : USB
Connection Type : External
USB Serial Number : 0000000000236640
Device Tree : IODeviceTree:/PCI0@0/EHC2@1A,7
Total Capacity : 0 Bytes
Disk Number : 1
Partition Number : 0
Burn Support : Unsupported
Entry Path : disk1
Writes CD : Yes
Writes DVD : Yes
Media is present : Yes
Media is busy : No
Media Type : CD-RW
Media is blank : Yes
Media is appendable : Yes
Media is overwritable : Yes
Media is erasable : Yes
Media is reserved : No
Capabilities : Open System Information
UNSUPPORTED for burn? Why? Aren't all USB external burner drives use the
same standard technology for disc burning? :(
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PhillipJones
Jul 6, 2012, 4:26:34 PM7/6/12
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Ant wrote:
> On 7/5/2012 8:37 PM PT, PhillipJones typed:
>
>> How are you trying to create the CD/DVD with DMG you do know to make
>> CD/DVD with DMG file you have to use disk Utility. Not just the Burn
>> feature from
>> the finder.
>
> Yes, using Disk Utility's burner.
>
>
>> Also if you can't figure it out, get RIO's Toast and create their.
>
> Hmm, OK. It's not free, right?
No not free but not a Fortune either I think they do a Trial period
> On 7/5/2012 8:37 PM PT, PhillipJones typed:
>
>> How are you trying to create the CD/DVD with DMG you do know to make
>> CD/DVD with DMG file you have to use disk Utility. Not just the Burn
>> feature from
>> the finder.
>
> Yes, using Disk Utility's burner.
>
>
>> Also if you can't figure it out, get RIO's Toast and create their.
>
> Hmm, OK. It's not free, right?
though go to Rio's Web site and see though.
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