Re: GS/OS and mounting CD-ROM discs

[russotto@wanda.pond.com (Matthew Russotto)]

In article <3b4a94f3.24664591@news.starnetinc.com>,
Mitchell Spector <a_specto@alcor.concordia.ca> wrote:
>
>    I connected the CD drive to a Mac LC 475 and those four discs
>mount just fine, meaning either it's a RamFAST, HS.FST or GS/OS
>issue. I just don't understand WHY they won't mount--they're plain
>pressed CD's (not burned), they follow IS0-9660 rules properly and
>two of them are actually DiscPassage titles Sequential Systems
>packaged and sold with RamFAST cards. They're even detected
>within the RamFAST's menu (disc size, etc) but remains invisible
>under GS/OS. The titles are:
>
>- DiscPassage: "Shakespeare", 1992 (HFS and DOS) 
>- DiscPassage: "Sherlock Holmes", 1992 (HFS and DOS) 
>- A hybrid data/audio CD, 2000 (HFS and DOS)
>- A Mac HFS CD printed by Chinon, 1990 (HFS only)
>
>    Unlike the others, when I insert the Chinon HFS disc, GS/OS 
>rings the error bell after trying to mount it but no error message 
>is displayed. I can also see it's HFS volume name in the RF 
>menu, however it's checked off as inactive/offline.
>
>    What could be the problem? Something with the SCSI chain
>set up or the RamFAST and this particular drive? It does work
>fine with other pressed CD's and CD-R's, so I'm not sure what
>makes these four special.

IIRC, there are some HFS CDs which were erroneously pressed with the
"dirty" flag set.  You might have problems mounting those.  
-- 
Matthew T. Russotto                                russotto@pond.com
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