dvdramproblem Posted March 29, 2006 Report Share Posted March 29, 2006 Hello, I got a big problem trying to backup to dvd-ram. The device is listed as qualified in the database, and DVD-RAM media are explicitly listed as supported. But retrospect does not erase the media, configuring attempts result in errors. According to some error dialog retrospect recognized a "CD" medium. The burner works fine with media of other types, and Disk Util recognizes dvd-ram as read-only (normal). All Software (MacOS, Retrospect) is latest versions. How can I get the backups to work? Retrospect Version: 6.1.126, Retrospect Driver Update version 6.1.4.103 Burner: MATSHITA (Panasonic) DVD-R UJ-825, Firmware DAM5, via ATAPI in an Apple G4 Powerbook Tested Media are Verbatim DVD-RAM for recording, #43449, 3x certified, 4,7GB; Panasonic DVD-RAM Disc, 3x speed DVD-RAM Revision 1.0; Fujifilm DVD-RAM 4,7 GB. Thanks for any suggestions! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natew Posted March 30, 2006 Report Share Posted March 30, 2006 Hi When you create the backup set make sure you choose "removable disk". DO NOT create a CD/DVD backup set. You may need to tell Retrospect to ignore the device in configure->devices->device status in order to use DVD-RAM. DVD-RAM and DVD are completely different media types. Thanks Nate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dvdramproblem Posted March 30, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 30, 2006 Quote: Hi When you create the backup set make sure you choose "removable disk". DO NOT create a CD/DVD backup set. You may need to tell Retrospect to ignore the device in configure->devices->device status in order to use DVD-RAM. DVD-RAM and DVD are completely different media types. Thanks Nate Hi, Nate! Thank you for the fast response. I have followed both your suggestions but failed to get a result with a test backup: "No removable media found". Sam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dvdramproblem Posted March 31, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 31, 2006 Hello, Natew and all, I have done some further testing, following Natews suggestions (Ignore Device ID, Removable Disk), on a clean system install (10.4.0) to exclude possible other causes. Of 3 blanks from different manufacturers, only the Panasonic blank gets mounted on the desktop. But in Restrospect it appears "write protected". It is the only one of the three showing a format (UDF) in Disk Util. Could it be that Retrospect *requires* pre-formatted UDF blanks? And that it has no own capacity to override a write protection? Or is the write protection caused by the missing DVD-RAM write capacity of the Finder -- why would a manufacturer sell blanks as write-protected? How would I enable Retrospect to write to and format a DVD-RAM? Still trying, Sam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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