rotozuk Posted September 6, 2007 Report Share Posted September 6, 2007 Come on folks it has been months with this error that keeps Mac users from backing up or restoring to DVD-R media if you have 2 gigs or ram or more installed. I have years worth of DVD-R backups, so switching to +R is not a solution. We need a fix! I'm sure one of your programmers can cure the issue if you let him take a look at it. -Wayne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mayoff Posted September 7, 2007 Report Share Posted September 7, 2007 Yes, a bug does exist in the current (and prior) RDU which will prevent the backup to DVD-R media. It has nothing to do with 2 GB of RAM. The bug was introduced when we added Blue Ray support to Retrospect. This problem will get fixed. DVD-R media can be used, if you utilize the older driver update. DVD+R media is a better choice for almost every drive, mostly because DVD+R was created for data backup, and it is typically much faster then DVD-R backup media (even with the older RDUs). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UrbanNomad60 Posted September 7, 2007 Report Share Posted September 7, 2007 Which older driver would that be exactly? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhwalker Posted September 7, 2007 Report Share Posted September 7, 2007 Quote: Which older driver would that be exactly? First I've heard that the issue is known and that the solution is RDU regression. While I don't know which one is the cure, here's the RDU version history: RDU version history Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rotozuk Posted September 7, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 7, 2007 So are you saying if I use an OLD RDU I can use all of my RAM again? What version would you recommend? I'll start burning +R media in the future. Thanks!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mayoff Posted September 7, 2007 Report Share Posted September 7, 2007 I believe 6.1.8 would be a good choice. I can't remember if the problem happens in 6.1.9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rotozuk Posted September 7, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 7, 2007 Quote: I believe 6.1.8 would be a good choice. I can't remember if the problem happens in 6.1.9 I had 6.1.9 and that did not work.. Will install my ram and give 6.1.8 a try. Thanks, -Wayne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rotozuk Posted September 7, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 7, 2007 You are the man!!! It is fixed. I'll post up in the other thread so the other folks that have been waiting for a solution know of this. Thanks!! -Wayne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhwalker Posted September 7, 2007 Report Share Posted September 7, 2007 Just as a comment, Robin, if you look back at the postings in these forums, problems started being noticed on various matters around RDU 6.1.9, and different problems with 6.1.10. Seems as if thorough software QC may have stopped after RDU 6.1.8, or else a junior programmer was assigned to the team. Interestingly, RDU 6.1.8.101 is dated September 28, 2006, which is just before the EMC layoffs / exodus / move to smaller quarters. Russ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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