I have not worked with OS X enough yet to know whether it allows other file structures, such as UFS, for bootable CDs/DVDs. Note that some older versions of Toast, such as Toast Titanium 5, can only create bootable CDs with the Mac OS Standard file structure. Vintage Mac OS systems need the CD file structure to be either Mac OS Standard (HFS) or Mac OS Extended (HFS+).

Since the first topic is the longest, we’ll take these out of turn… 2.

Insertion into a drive whose firmware allows bootability.

A properly installed and configured Mac OS, whose version is compatible with the Mac(s) to be booted.

Proper boot driver code for the applicable hardware and Mac OS.

No other bootable CDs in my library did this, and this same data CD booted just fine when a different drive (CD-RW or CD-ROM) was installed in the G3!įor a CD (or DVD) to be bootable, it needs: One particular bootable CD in my library consistently froze the Mac very early in the startup process, just before the appearance of the Happy Mac (this is an OS 9 CD). The freezing turned out to have two components: Power supply issues (random freezes not covered here) and Bootable CD driver issues (repeatable, consistent freezes discussed herein). What got me started on all this testing and research was a freezing problem with a new Pioneer DVR-110D DVD±RW drive, installed in a Beige G3 DT (desktop, non-tower) Mac. I therefore cannot cover these subtopics at this time. I have yet to make any bootable OS X CD, nor a home-recorded DVD of any kind. This section deals almost exclusively with the Vintage Mac OS series, even though similar considerations likely apply to OS X. I use the term “Vintage” to mean “The Mac is directly booted from OS 9 or earlier”, to distinguish from Classic: running OS 9 or earlier in emulation, booted from OS X. Should i come across any useful OS X findings, i will add them or link to them from here. Having just spent the last several days (as of the originally written date above) immersed in troubleshooting related to the specific quirks of different Apple CD-ROM and Apple CD/DVD Driver versions’ interactions with specific hardware, i wanted to document my findings in case they might help others.Īt present, this page deals primarily with Vintage Mac OS (pre OS X… i.e. Apple CD-ROM & Apple CD/DVD Driver Reference Focusing on version differences and how they affect compatibility Why This Page?Ĭomputer software and hardware do not always work as expected.

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