Can't Burn To Lacie d2

[Julian]

I have an Intel iMac, a LaCie d2 disc burner and Toast 8.0.3 and until I upgraded to Toast 8.0.3 I have been able to load the audio CD I wish to copy into my iMac and copy direct to a CD-R in my Lacie d2.

 

Now, however, when I hit the Record button my only choice of Recorder is either the one built in to the iMac or "Other Shared Recorder".

 

If I select "Other Shared Recorder" I am asked to enter the address of the computer I wish to access and I don't have a clue what to put in here.

 

All I want to do is to copy from my iMac to the d2 using Toast. Any ideas?

[SmilesLots]

iirc there is a firmware update for the d2 drives. You may want to check LaCies site and determine if your drive is one that is updatable or needs it.

[ajb723]

I have an Intel iMac, a LaCie d2 disc burner and Toast 8.0.3 and until I upgraded to Toast 8.0.3 I have been able to load the audio CD I wish to copy into my iMac and copy direct to a CD-R in my Lacie d2.

 

Now, however, when I hit the Record button my only choice of Recorder is either the one built in to the iMac or "Other Shared Recorder".

 

If I select "Other Shared Recorder" I am asked to enter the address of the computer I wish to access and I don't have a clue what to put in here.

 

All I want to do is to copy from my iMac to the d2 using Toast. Any ideas?

 

 

Similar problem after upgrading to OS 10.5.1 and Toast 8.0.3. Also using external LaCie d2 disc burner without previous problem. Had similar non-recognition but that cleared after restart- (Toast recognizes it as NEC drive (I guess NEC is the mfgr.). But even though drive is recognized, the burning process starts, then quits after about 80% complete, with error messages 1)Sense media error ox02 , or 2)connection unstable. I even tried changing discs and tried making a disk image to burn from. Made 4 coasters so far...

Alan

[tsantee]

Similar problem after upgrading to OS 10.5.1 and Toast 8.0.3. Also using external LaCie d2 disc burner without previous problem. Had similar non-recognition but that cleared after restart- (Toast recognizes it as NEC drive (I guess NEC is the mfgr.). But even though drive is recognized, the burning process starts, then quits after about 80% complete, with error messages 1)Sense media error ox02 , or 2)connection unstable. I even tried changing discs and tried making a disk image to burn from. Made 4 coasters so far...

Alan

Interesting. I have a LaCie d2 Firewire drive with the NEC ND 3520-AW drive and it is working fine with Toast 8.0.3 on my G5 iMac with 10.4.11. I haven't tried connecting it to my MBP that's running 10.5.1. I suggest contacting LaCie support to let them know of your problem because they should at least be notified.

 

A couple things to try: 1) download an apply the appropriate OS 10.5.1 combined system update (in the past the combo update fixed odd USB and Firewire issues). 2) Choose Save as disc image from the File menu and burn it to disc using the Image File setting in the Copy window.

[tsantee]

So what's happening is that Toast isn't seeing the Lacie drive. Open System Profiler. Does the drive appear there and does system profiler show that it can burn to DVD-R and other formats? If not then shutting down and restarting the Mac may fix this. If System Profiler does recognize the drive properly then trash the Toast plist and prefs files and relaunch Toast. Hopefully one of those will get it working. If not there's another option which is to download and apply Apple's latest combined system update on top of your existing OS install. That fixes odd Firewire and USB issues.