Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2004 22:01:30 +0930 From: "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Cc: sos@freebsd.org Subject: Re: burncd(8) usability: why `-s max' isn't default? Message-ID: <200408312201.38748.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> In-Reply-To: <xzpn00btwco.fsf@dwp.des.no> References: <4133683A.3090201@portaone.com> <4134530C.6020309@portaone.com> <xzpn00btwco.fsf@dwp.des.no>
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=2D----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, 31 Aug 2004 20:20, Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav wrote: > > Do you have any evidence? > > Yes. My laptop's DVD/CD-RW drive (Hitachi something-or-other) turns > out coasters if I try to use -s max with no-brand CD-R media. Tried newer firmware? > > You will have big problems finding any CD-R media (even very > > cheap one) with rating < 32 on the market today, so that chances to > > "overspeed" the media with those ancient burners are quite theoretical. > > What planet do you live on? Back here on Earth, the most widely > available CD-R media is 16x or 24x, and prices rise steeply once you > cross that boundary. For CD-RW media, that boundary is even lower (8x > or 12x). The drive reads ATIP info from the disk to determine the maximum writable=20 speed (Among other useful things) Of course the media could be lying about the maximum speed it's rated for, = but=20 I haven't seen media like that. I buy Verbatim 48x spindles of 50 disks whi= ch=20 are fairly cheap but don't produce coasters. CD-RW media is slower but that's a function of the way CD-RW's are made and= =20 their smaller volume. =2D --=20 Daniel O'Connor software and network engineer for Genesis Software - http://www.gsoft.com.au "The nice thing about standards is that there are so many of them to choose from." -- Andrew Tanenbaum GPG Fingerprint - 5596 B766 97C0 0E94 4347 295E E593 DC20 7B3F CE8C =2D----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFBNG+q5ZPcIHs/zowRAgDcAJ9w+nrttfrdHDVT02CthdYUQwU3egCfahst gyZ7SDzrclqoXiOuJXEtTrg=3D =3DQb5/ =2D----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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