01-09-2007, 11:13 PM
john-o the 'trick' to formatting DVD-RAM under OS X is to first do a quick erase using DragonBurn or Toast. Eject the disc and launch Disk Utility.app. Insert the disc, select it & then do a Quick Erase (HFS+) under DU. Do Not enable Journaling!
That should do the job.
btw, if you put a DVD-RAM burner in an external FW box, it could hang the system under 10.4.x while copying large (1Mb >) files from an internal HD. It's a system bug that's well discussed over @ Apple Support http://discussions.apple.com/category.js...goryID=160
There are now 12X DVD-RAM burners, but I've yet to see any discs rated over 5X.
That should do the job.
btw, if you put a DVD-RAM burner in an external FW box, it could hang the system under 10.4.x while copying large (1Mb >) files from an internal HD. It's a system bug that's well discussed over @ Apple Support http://discussions.apple.com/category.js...goryID=160
There are now 12X DVD-RAM burners, but I've yet to see any discs rated over 5X.