[vinster]

Hi there,

I would like to report an issue/incompatibility when trying to work with blank CD-R disks in OS X v.10.3.

The issue manifests itself when I insert a blank CD-R into my external firewire drive and nothing happens in the Finder. When I try to use a CD-R in iTunes or Disk Utility, attempts to burn stall with the message waiting for drive.

When I look at console.log, I see the following message, "localhost diskarbitrationd[88]: unable to create disk, id = /dev/disk3."

The drive is reported by System Profiler as:
QBP-2 Bridge:

Manufacturer: QPS
Model: QBP-2 Bridge
Drive Type: CD-RW
Disc Burning: Apple Supported
Removable Media: Yes
Detachable Drive: Yes
Speed: 400 Mb/sec Speed
Unit Spec Id: 24734
Unit Software Version: 10483
Firmware Revision: BS00

Please note that I can use Toast 6.01 to work with blank CDs. I'm just unable to use any CD-burning applications which require the Finder to recognize that a blank CD-R has been inserted.

If anyone has suggestions on how to fix this issue, please reply.

Cheeers,

[Xeo]

Sounds like the drive isn't supported. That would be odd if it was supported in Jaguar, but it sounds like it's the drive and not the CD-Rs. I'd send feedback to Apple on this one. How old is the drive?

[Eyenovation]

I don't think this problem is exclusive to Panther, though YOURS may be. I had the same problem in Jaguar with external FW devices attached.

Try putting in the CD-R w/ nothing attached into your regular optical drive. Is it recognized? (assuming you have a combo or super drive).

I believe the conflict is with your external drive.

[vinster]

Originally posted by Xeo:
Sounds like the drive isn't supported. That would be odd if it was supported in Jaguar, but it sounds like it's the drive and not the CD-Rs. I'd send feedback to Apple on this one. How old is the drive?

Thanks for the reply.

I checked Apple's compatibility page and the drive's listed as supported (It's an old QPS drive bought in 2000 (Samsung 8x4x32 CD-R/RW mechanism)).

I've also sent feedback to Apple about the issue. Hopefully they'll recognise it's a bug and fix it.

[vinster]

Originally posted by Eyenovation:
I don't think this problem is exclusive to Panther, though YOURS may be. I had the same problem in Jaguar with external FW devices attached.

Try putting in the CD-R w/ nothing attached into your regular optical drive. Is it recognized? (assuming you have a combo or super drive).

I believe the conflict is with your external drive.

Hi,

I've tried to get OS X to recognise a CD with only this drive attached with no luck (I have two external hard drives as well). Hopefully, it's a known bug and will be fixed.