[hUcKiEMI]

I have an IOMEGA predator with both the USB and Firewire connections using Disc Burn with OS 9.2.1. The drive used to work fine under OS 9.1, i could easily burn audio and data discs without errors. Once I upgraded my OS to 9.2.1, the USB connection works fine, but using Firewire, everything seems to burn ok until I get to the verification stage. Then right near the end of the verification, the drive ejects the disc, and gives a dialog box prompting me that the disk is Unreliable, and I should insert a new blank CD to retry or I should save the disc image to try again later. Insterting a new blank disc goes through the whole thing again, then at the end comes up with the same error dialog box. This happens 100% of the time.

Just for snicks, I put the newly burned CD into my non CDR drive to see if it was readable. Some of the discs mounted fine, and looked like everything had burned properly. Some were simply coasters.

All the extensions were updated to 9.2.1 and their latest versions, and I never installed the crappy outdated Roxio software that came with the Predator or any drivers that came with the Predator. I've been using it plug and play with OS 9.1 ever since I got the drive, so it's not an extensions conflict.

I'm running OS 9.2.1 with 320 MB RAM, virtual memory off, 50 MB of RAM given to Disc Burner. Has anyone else had this problem? Maybe I should try downgrading some of the Authoring Support or Firewire extensions back to OS 9.1, since apparently those drivers worked while whatever minor updates they made when I upgraded to 9.2.1 have rendered my firewire CDR worthless. Ideas?

Thanks in advance.

[CRASH HARDDRIVE]

I'd try downgrading the Firewire extensions, as you suggested. Keep copies of the new ones of course, just move them out of the extensions folder, and put the old ones (if ya have them) back in and see if you get things working again.

[hUcKiEMI]

Well, I had no luck trying to easily downgrade to the extensions which came with OS 9.1. However, I noticed the the Authoring Support Extension and the Authoring Support Files folder in the extensions folder were now marked with iTunes 2.0, and in fact, the Authoring Support Extension is version 1.1.4. I removed it and reinstalled Authoring Support 1.1.3 which is on the Apple Downloads site. I've burned about 5 CD's now with the firewire connection (including 1 audio CD burned with iTunes 2.0) and they have all turned out just fine.

It's too bad that the crossfading option in iTunes 2.0 doesn't burn to the cd. What's the point of having it otherwise. Anyways, why am I not surprised that the extension update that came with iTunes 2.0 broke my Firewire CDR. Oh well, it's working now, thanks everyone.

[chris v]

If I were a developer for Toast, I'd be really sick of Apple breaking my program over and over again. This would be the third time apple has put out a new authoring support extension that interferes with third party programs.

Toast 5 is a pretty good program, otherwise.

CV

[iPaul UK]

Yes.. It's basically Apples fault. I had a very similar problem. I have a Que FireWire burner that always worked well for me on my iBook 466 and an iMac 400. Both running OS 9.1 & Toast 5. Then I got a new iBook 600 that was running OS 9.2.1, and much to my annoyance, my Que drive often would not work with Toast 5. Sometimes it would, sometimes it wouldnt.. After a while, I tried disabling ALL the authoring extensions. I don't think these are part of iTunes 2, but Disc Burner? Either way, I ditched them and now everything is fine again. I highly suspect this means that I won't be able to burn with iTunes 2 or Disc Burner. But Toast is so much better, that I would much rather use that anyway!