[Ken Masters]

A reader sent a note that unlike previous OS X versions which have separate device-plugin files for each 'brand' of drive, Panther has a single file. Therefore the past mods (edits to individual brand plugin files) to add support for 'unsupported' drive models won't work. However he sent a guide to how he edited the file in Panther to add support for his Samsung combo drive.

http://www.xlr8yourmac.com/OSX/panth....html#storytop

I'm thinking of getting a LG combo drive for my G4 500, and replacing the DVD rom I have. I hope it will work with itunes, but now I don't even think its going to work in Panther. Is this true???

Should I just not buy the LG combo, because it would be useless???

I hope not, because it�s cheap as hell, and I trust this band, I had them in my PC and they worked flawlessly.

I really want a combo.

[ZackS]

I have a totally unsupported CD/RW - DVD combo drive I bought at Fry's and it still burns from Panther sans hacks. It can even boot the system (9 or X)

Bottom line, buy the drive, get it working later

[Ken Masters]

Ok,

I'm going to buy it....

But another question,

Im using 10.1.5 now,

do I need to hack into the system to get it to work with toast???

I'm just going to put it in my opitical bay, I no longer have OS 9, (lost for ever) and long long ago i found a CD hack for OS 9. But will it just work out of the box via toast?