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Date:      Mon, 22 Apr 1996 21:02:27 -0600
From:      Warner Losh <imp@village.org>
To:        rich@lamprey.utmb.edu
Cc:        hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: This is sick... 
Message-ID:  <199604230302.VAA01127@rover.village.org>
In-Reply-To: Your message of Mon, 22 Apr 1996 08:53:03 CDT

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: I'm told that accessing 2 CDs simultaneously is also
: very hard on the drive mechanisms.  If you hear the
: drive making grinding noises during rapid CD changes
: you'll know what they mean.  Rich

I have a couple of friends who have these things on their Linux boxes,
and have hung the drive a few times by doing a simultaneous ls -R on
two mounted disks, or diff -r on two different disks.  The sounds are
horrible, so it is no wonder that it is hard on the mechanism...

Warner



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