Express, os9 and dvd-rw

[dalesax]

I used Express 5.0 in OSX to backup to a DVD-RW. I've decided to work in OS9 instead and went back to OSX to "erase" the disk with success. Now when I try to insert a DVD-RW (the one above or a new one) in OS9.2.2 , I get a message to initialize. Then another message that "the disk is locked" and the drive spits the disk out. I can insert a CD-RW and this is what shows up in the "Device Status" in Retrospect:

 

 

 

ATAPI DVD-R, bus 0, dev 0, v1.4

 

 

 

Without a disk in the drive, it say "No backup devices found".

 

 

 

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

 

 

 

Thanks, Dale

[AmyJ]

The only DVD-RW drives qualified for use on the Macintosh are the Pioneer DVR-103 (Apple version) and Pioneer DVR-104 (Apple version). Providing you are using one of these two drives, the following information was obtained from the hardware database: Hardware Search Enginecolor=blue>

 

 

 

Mac OS 9 Requirements:

 

 

 

Mac OS 9.2.1 or later

 

Apple Authoring Support 1.1.2 or later, or Roxio Toast 5.0.2 or later.

 

Retrospect 5.0 must be installed.

 

 

 

CD-RW media is not supported for use with Retrospect. Mac OS X does not allow the insertion of DVD-RW media. Do not insert DVD-RW media until Retrospect asks for media.