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To: rich@lamprey.utmb.edu
Subject: Re: This is sick... 
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Date: Mon, 22 Apr 1996 21:02:27 -0600
From: Warner Losh <imp@village.org>
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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