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Lacie D2 USB CDRW not installing/burning in OS 10.3 or 9.2.2

Dec 5, 2006 5:04AM PST

Hi,
I'm hoping someone can please get me out of a very frustrating situation !
I have an iMac G3 500 Mhz, which I recently upgraded from OS 9.1 to 10.3 and then to 10.3.9, then installed OS 9.2.2 running in Classic. All running fine. I had earlier bought a (sound) 2nd hand Lacie CDRW (>18 mnths old, USB and FW) but it will only READ pre-burned data CD's/play i-Tunes, not WRITE any disc in either of the OS's. Toast 5.2.2 and 6.0.6 (with 'Silverkeeper') are on a Lacie software CD (also formatted to install other progs in Windows PC's) but Toast won't show up/load/install anywhere and it didn't do so before I upgraded to 10.3. I've not tried FireWire, just USB, because I don't have a 6 pin-to-6 pin FW cable. The Lacie CDRW, incidentally, has Lite-On innards and I've seen this mentioned elsewhere as a possible prob. area). I bought it because my iMac's slot-loading Matshita CDRW was becoming unreliable and couldn't do burns or sometimes even read pre-burned CD's.
OS 9.2.2 firmware is fully updated (if that makes any difference). Disk Utility shows only Lacie CDRW but no blank media. OS X System Profiler doesn't show it either !! I've tried Lacie/Roxio websites but can't get anywhere. I don't want to buy an updated/new Toast version in case that solves nothing. Is the Lacie software CD corrupted ?? I've checked in Disk Utility but any blank CD I install in the CDRW simply shows as read-only.
The main reason I bought CDRW rather than DVD/RW is because it was to be a temporary solution to upgrading to 10.3 from 9.1.
Thanks in advance to anyone who can help solve this.

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How did you install OS 10.3.9?
Jan 13, 2007 4:15PM PST

How did you install OS 10.3.9? When I tried to install it on my 350mhz iMac G3 it said this upgrade is not available on this computer or something like that. Can you only do it with an eMac installation Cd or what? Because, I tried it on mine and it didn't work.

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Installing 10.3.9
Jan 13, 2007 9:45PM PST

To install 10.3.9 you must first install 10.3.0.

The combination updates that you find on the Apple Site are a collection of all the updates between 10.3.0 and 10.3.9

You did not mention what OS you are currently using on your eMac but usually that error message is the result of not having the Base OS to update from. Click on the Apple, top left of the screen, choose About this Mac and see what your Base OS is.

Let us know

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Installing 10.3.8
Jan 14, 2007 4:18AM PST

My base OS is 9.2.2. Do I have have to install 10.3.0 or can I update from 9.2.2 to 10.3.0?

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OS X
Jan 14, 2007 6:08AM PST

Before you can update to 10.3.9 you MUST have, at least, OS X 10.3.0 installed.

What type of Mac are you currently running?
Does it have a DVD player?
Does it have Firewire capabilities?

Post a few more details here and we can start from there.

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OS X
Jan 14, 2007 9:50AM PST

It does not have a dvd player and is does not have firewire. Its a 350mhz iMac G3.

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OS X
Jan 14, 2007 8:52PM PST

Without a DVD player and with no Firewire, your machine is not the best choice for upgrading to OS X.

The 10.3 comes on DVD, but might still be available on eBay.

Memory requirements for 10.3 is 128MB RAM, minimum.

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OS X
Jan 15, 2007 7:09AM PST

Ok, I just want to upgrade to use the new programs. And I have 364MB RAM. So all I have to do now is install from a CD? I have a 10.4 installer CD. Can I use that?

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System Requirements
Jan 15, 2007 7:35AM PST

for OS X 10.4 includes the need for built in FIrewire, you say your machine does not have Firewire.
OS X 10.4 comes on a DVD, not a CD, and you say your machine does not have one.

You will find that running 10.4.x on that machine will be pushing the edge of the envelope, assuming you can get it to install.

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