External CD writer won't burn!

We are using our iBook G3 as a jukebox with an external hard drive and external cd writer because the internal one is toast, except the cd writer won't burn CD's. It says the sony CRX230E cd writer isn't supported for burning. What external cd writer is supported for burning? I can download music fine. Thank you for your help. JB

Hey JP&B and welcome to Apple Discussions,
This drive shows up in the xlr8 archives:
http://forums.xlr8yourmac.com/drivedb/action.lasso?-search
I got here by just plugging your drive model.
It seems like people are getting it to work with Toast but there is no mention of FireWire.
I would start there.
Richard

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