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I'll be durned. Thanks for the correction.

It doesn't need a driver, per se, Mark. It does need to be formatted (initialized). You can try Drive Setup (in your Utilities folder), but Apple's app is notorious for ignoring thrid-party drives. A tad snobbish, yes? LaCie used to pass out SilverLining, an excellent HD utility that works with...

There is one quite good (IMHO) reason for separate partitions. If you do an option-boot to select your startup volume, OS9 must be on its own partition to show up as an option.

Here's a list of what Macs will start up on OS9: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=25114

A cheap workaround is to install a LaserWriter 8 driver in OS9 if it isn't already there. No, you don't need a real printer. Choose the LW8. In the print dialog, select "print to file." This yields a PostScript (.ps) file that Preview can read and print.

John, why buy a 109 when you can get a 110 for $53 at OWC?

Serene, if Toast gives you a verify error, you have a coaster. Toss the disc and try again. If you have Sony 1-8's, toss them. You'll get more coasters than good copies.

Sorry, Bernie. I've been inattentive. It never hurts to update the firmware. DVRFlashX will hold your hand and really not let you make a mistake. It might not say what you did wrong (like the two-blank thing). Remember OS9Fan's way of flashing the 110? Drive letter-colon preceding the...

For those of us who don't much do scripts and terminal, the easy way is to download TinkerTool (freeware) from versiontracker.com.

MTR 266 isn't the best for the new protection schemes. It may think it's working and not actually do anything. I repeat -- get MTR 3. Can you play the ripped VIDEO_TS folder in DVD Player? Is your Popcorn of the 1.0.3 persuasion?

One or more "rip" apps would do the trick. For example, MacTheRipper will take the DVD, strip its copy protection (version 3 is preferred for newer movies), and place a folder on your HD containing the VIDEO_TS folder for that movie. DVD Player reads that file. Budget about 9gb per DVD.

Try "Default App" (free): http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/22977 Might do what you need.

Memory again. The MacFixit thread started Jan 17.

All you have are the data files. You need an app (DVRFlashX) and a few instructions. First, look at this "pretty good" how-to: http://www.macosx.com/forums/showthread.php?t=263749 Then go to the MacFixit CD/DVD forum and look for a thread started Jan 31 between me and OS9Fan. If...

Bernie, drop the .exe onto Stuffit Expander. Oddly enough, it works like a charm.

Just install Tiger. It won't mess with the Classic folders.

Is that backup copy on a DVD-RW perhaps? If so, it'll never play.

Esther, I've seen that symptom with the "RW" flavor of DVD. Only cure I found is to load those puppies onto the HD via DVDBackup (MTR hate's them, too), and burn to DVD-R. Just a thought.

You need the 4.6 flavor of DVD Player to do HD video: http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/dvdplayer/ This is only good with 10.4.

That, I fear, is a feature. My notes on the subject: iTunes Notes AMB: 12/01/05 1. Private CCDB data base: iTunes keeps a private data base of each CD it burns to supplement the official CCDB data base on the web. It is ~/library/preferences/CD info.cidb This...