ILife o6 won't recognize the external DVD?

IDVD (iLife 06) will not recognize the firewire external burner that operates on Toast Titanium 6. I am trying to make DVD slide shows. My internal drive is is not a superdrive.
Any idea's?

Any idea's?
1) Use "Save as Disk Image" and burn with Toast. That's my standard operating procedure even with my internal drive.
2) Try restarting and opening iDVD without using Toast first. Check the System Profiler and report what it says about your optical drive. Tell us what make and model too.
3) Check w/the manufacturer of the drive too.
John B

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