grmgroup Posted June 12, 2007 Report Share Posted June 12, 2007 This just started happening about 3 days ago. My current DVD-RW is full. I get a prompt for a new disk. Starts erasing and 20 minutes later is never finishes erasing.. It beeps at me to prompt me but no message appears. Any ideas? I tried two different brands of DVD-RW (FUJIFILM and IMATION). Retrospect 6.1 on a G5 Dual with 2GB RAM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhwalker Posted June 12, 2007 Report Share Posted June 12, 2007 Quote: Retrospect 6.1 6.1.what ? (i.e., exactly what version of Retropect?) What RDU version? Has the RDU changed recently? What manufacturer / model of DVD-RW? Did you manually configure it, or is it using the configuration from the RDU? (i.e., does a .rdi file exist in /Library/Preferences/Retrospect ?) Russ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grmgroup Posted June 13, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 13, 2007 6.1.126 I think I didn't wait long enough. I put in a fresh DVD and went home. When I came in today, the formatted CD was on the desktop. I'll know for sure when I do my b/u tonight. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhwalker Posted June 13, 2007 Report Share Posted June 13, 2007 You still have not provided your RDU version or whether you have one installed. This information can be found in the Retrospect log, or in the "Retrospect > About Retrospect" menu dialog. As a comment, if your DVD drive (whose details you still have not provided) is a supported drive, supported by parameters in the RDU, operations seem to go much faster (and more reliably) on the drive than if use a "manual configuration". The list of supported devices is here: Retrospect supported devices (but there seem to be some devices missing from this database that are listed in the RDU version history - see below). The RDU update versions are here: RDU version history I would suggest that you use RDU 6.1.9.102 because some people have reported issues with RDU 6.1.10.100. If you have done a manual configuration (you still haven't provided details on this), I would suggest quitting Retrospect, dragging the .rdi file from /Library/Preferences/Retrospect to the desktop (in case you want to go back to that configuration without manual configuring again), installing the current RDU, starting Retrospect, seeing if erase time improves. You can pre-erase in the "Configure > Devices" window. Russ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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