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Liquid · Feb 28, 2003, 12:41 PM

Hey guys,

I'm having problems with CDs I create using the built in OSX burn software. They will not work on a windows based computer.

An error comes up stating something to the effect that the disk is of an unreadable type/format.

The files on the CD are just web files HTML, jpg, pdf, doc etc.

It is basically a website on CD.

All files have their proper extensions, and no odd characters such as " ", :, -, / etc.

I need to get these CDs working ASAP!!

A client is waiting on me, but I'm at a loss.

THanks in advance!!

SMacTech · Feb 28, 2003, 01:33 PM

I have never had a CD burned in the Finder or using Toast that didn't work on a PC.
What version of OS X are you using ?

Liquid · Feb 28, 2003, 01:37 PM

10.2.2 OS X

All files were created in OS 9, but all files burned using the built in Burn software in OS X

I'm at a loss on this one...

Hopefully someone can shed some light for me.

spiznet · Feb 28, 2003, 02:09 PM

PCs cannot read Mac formatted disks (HFS, HFS+).
Never have, never will.
Whether its a floppy, zip or CD.

You must burn as Mac/PC "Custom Hybrid". I do it from OS9 in Toast, but I thought that was automatic in OSX.

?????

DoughBoy · Feb 28, 2003, 03:30 PM

I vaguely remember that the CD burning problem you're experiencing is a bug in OS X, which I believe was fixed in either 10.2.3 or 10.2.4.

Can you try updating to 10.2.4 and then recreate the CD?

nereus · Feb 28, 2003, 03:45 PM

Assuming you are burning a hybrid as noted above, you also need to make sure you have a "top level directory". That is to say, if you are burning files A, B, & C, you need to first create a directory(folder) (say, foo), & put the files in that.

Thus, the Cd should look like <cd>/foo/A and <cd>/foo/B, etc., rather than <cd>/A, <cd>/B, etc.

The Mac will let you put all the files in at the root of the CD, but I've yet to encounter a Windows machine that will handle that correctly.

Liquid · Feb 28, 2003, 03:53 PM

I will try the updates and see if it works.

I also have to run an Autorun.inf for windows machines.

So if I'm understanding correctly it would have to be layed out as such.

The CD is called HIVIZ

The directories are as follows.

<cd>Hiviz/Site

But I need the Autorun to be in the root.

<cd>autorun.inf
to access
index.html

located
<cd>Hiviz/site/index.html

Any help?

Does that make sense?

Will the update fix my problems?

Thanks everyone!

spiznet · Feb 28, 2003, 04:25 PM

Since you are adding an autoboot file for Windows, you might want to just use the Toast option to burn as a straight ISO disk.

(This is a PC format, but Mac's can read PC formats, too.)

However, make sure that you have selected the Settings option for USE MACINTOSH FILENAMES, otherwise all your filenames will be truncated to 8.3 characters.