[Macpartners] DVD burning and drive compatiblity?

[Kerem B Limon]

Quoting Scott Ehrlich <scott at MIT.EDU>:

> I borrowed the following drive from a Dell machine:
> 
> _NEC DVD+RW ND-2100AD:
> 
>   Manufacturer:	_NEC
>   Model:	_NEC DVD+RW ND-2100AD
>   Revision:	103D
>   Serial Number:
>   Drive Type:	CD-RW/DVD-ROM
>   Disc Burning:	Not Supported
>   Removable Media:	Yes
>   Detachable Drive:	No
>   Protocol:	ATAPI
>   Unit Number:	0
>   Socket Type:	Internal
> 
> 
> If the drive is DVD+RW capable, why does System Profiler (on my Mac G3
> blue/aqua tower running 10.3) say disc burning is not supported?
> 

Because the capabilities are derived from the firmware reported info whereas
disc burning support on Apple machines requires the OS to explicitly support
the firmware/command set the drive requires. Nowadays, this stuff is pretty
standardized and odds are the drive is just not listed in the internal
reference db the OS uses to look up to see if the drive is Disc Burning
compatible. Check XLR8YourMac for their database and others who may have tried
this drive and Google will get you a hack to get it working, if it is indeed
compatible.

-Kerem



> Thanks.
> 
> Scott
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Kerem B. Limon
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