Date: Fri, 16 May 2003 20:42:07 -0500 From: David Kelly <dkelly@HiWAAY.net> To: Vulpes Velox <kitlists@hotpop.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ATAPICAM and CDRW drives Message-ID: <200305162042.07522.dkelly@HiWAAY.net> In-Reply-To: <20030517155943.3653d0a6.kitlists@hotpop.com> References: <20030516235830.7302aa41.kitlists@hotpop.com> <20030516040446.GB23782@dan.emsphone.com> <20030517155943.3653d0a6.kitlists@hotpop.com>
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On Saturday 17 May 2003 03:59 pm, Vulpes Velox wrote: > On Thu, 15 May 2003 23:04:46 -0500 > > BTW are there any drives or manufactures I should advoid when getting > a ATAPI CDRW drive? Once Upon A Time I purchased a new Philips 24/8/4 (I think, might have been 24/6/4) CD-RW drive which was a stinker. Was happy to pay a 15% restocking fee to get rid of it. It could barely read a CD-R it had just written. Didn't matter if burncd under FreeBSD or Adaptec under NT4. Not on the 50-pack of cheap CD-R's I had at the time. Not on the sample media that came with the drive. Likely my drive was a lemon but there are too many other choices which have not caused me the same trouble. Replaced it with a SCSI HP which works native with cdrecord and others, but isn't without its quirks. Learned not to do a cold boot with an audio CD in the tray. Something causes the writing logic to fail, but reading works. Reboot cures. cd0: <HP CD-Writer+ 9200 1.0e> Removable CD-ROM SCSI-4 device Have had good luck with Sony ATAPI CD-RW drives. -- 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.
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