Re DVD-RAM

[Tom Kirshbaum]

I've been following  the diuscussion about problems reading DVD-RAM disks. I
have one also, but it's different.

I just installed a 105 Superdrive in my G4 and put my DVD-RAM (original
model, 5.2 GB Type 1 only) in a Firewire box (Ssorry, Kunga, I just couldn't
bear to attack my G4 with tin snips!).  It works fine, but when I tried some
new DVD-RAM disks I bought recently (Panasonic Type 1), and clicked
"initialize," nothing happened. And I mean nothing. Even if it sat for
thirty minutes. I had to open Disk Utility to eject the cartridge.

Just for fun, I booted in 9.2.2, and all the disks initialized perfectly and
instantly. Having been initialized, they now work perfectly in 10.4.3.

Anyone have any idea why OS X wouldn't initialize them while 9.2 would??

Tom