From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Nov 28 16:52:14 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from grumpy.dyndns.org (cm-24-246-28-166.toney.mediacom.ispchannel.com [24.246.28.166]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9231E37B404 for ; Tue, 28 Nov 2000 16:52:11 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by grumpy.dyndns.org (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id eAT0q2S53428; Tue, 28 Nov 2000 18:52:03 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from dkelly@grumpy.dyndns.org) Message-Id: <200011290052.eAT0q2S53428@grumpy.dyndns.org> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.2 06/23/2000 with nmh-1.0.4 To: Aaron Shaw Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG From: David Kelly Subject: Re: Which IDE CDRW for burncd? In-reply-to: Message from Aaron Shaw of "Tue, 28 Nov 2000 15:31:25 MST." <20001128153125.A864@wilde.ryker.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2000 18:52:02 -0600 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Aaron Shaw writes: > I'm running 4.1.1-RELEASE and need a CDRW drive that will work with > Soren's /usr/sbin/burncd program. We tried a new Plextor and it > was a dismal failure. Suggestions? Yamaha, HP? Particular models? > > While I'm at it, how does one rip audio from music CDs using one > of these IDE drives (in the format that burncd can write back)? There > are about 42 ways to do it with SCSI stuff but IDE is a mystery. This weekend Best Buy advertised a Sony 12/8/32 for $150 after $80 of rebates. Was there a few minutes after opening and snagged one. Forgot what the letters are before and after, but the numbers in the middle of the model number is 160. Took far less time to figure out "burncd -f /dev/acd0c -e -s 12 data 4.2-RELEASE.iso fixate" than it took to install the $%^&@ Windows software (which I waited until the next day to attempt). Installing the Windows software was easier than running it. Yup, it really did burn at 12x. Watched the device thruput with systat -v, and inserted "time " in front of "burncd ..." and it finished in just over 6-1/2 minutes. On Memorex 12 blanks which were $0.13 each (qty 50) after rebates (who needs CD-RW when CD-R throw aways are so cheap?) -- David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@hiwaay.net ===================================================================== The human mind ordinarily operates at only ten percent of its capacity -- the rest is overhead for the operating system. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message