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Summary of steps to try
Authored by: johnsawyercjs on Sep 08, '02 01:34:11AM

I notice a lot of people are posting that they tried one or another of the various fixes described here, but not all of them. So here's a summary. Some people have to do all three. Drives from Plextor and Agfa seem less likely to work no matter what:

• Install Lebsack's patched kext. One user added: "After installing the fix, delete the file '/System/Library/Extensions.mkext' (in Terminal, type 'sudo rm /System/Library/Extensions.mkext' without the quotes), then restart your Mac. A new 'Extensions.mkext' file will be regenerated." And someone else added: "Jaguar also has a second new cache file: /System/Library/Extensions.kextcache... it probably couldn't hurt to try deleting that one too."
• Update the SCSI card's firmware and software. If it's already up to date, reinstall it.
• Reinstall iTunes 3.
• My suggestion: if your Mac has a built-in SCSI port (in other words, if you're using Ryan Rempel's XPostFacto, or Sonnet's patches, to run OS X on an older Power Mac that didn't start out life as a G3 or G4), use your Mac's built-in SCSI port instead of a SCSI card.



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Summary of steps to try
Authored by: johnsawyercjs on Jul 10, '04 05:26:59PM
Someone also pointed out here that he had trouble with a SCSI CD burner under OS X, that worked fine under OS 9, until he installed a terminator onto the burner's second SCSI port.

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