From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri May 16 18:42:17 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2CCBD37B401 for ; Fri, 16 May 2003 18:42:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: from grumpy.dyndns.org (user-24-214-34-52.knology.net [24.214.34.52]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BD12E43FA3 for ; Fri, 16 May 2003 18:42:15 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dkelly@grumpy.dyndns.org) Received: from grumpy.dyndns.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by grumpy.dyndns.org (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h4H1gA14046405; Fri, 16 May 2003 20:42:10 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from dkelly@grumpy.dyndns.org) Received: from localhost (localhost [[UNIX: localhost]]) by grumpy.dyndns.org (8.12.9/8.12.9/Submit) id h4H1g729046404; Fri, 16 May 2003 20:42:07 -0500 (CDT) From: David Kelly To: Vulpes Velox Date: Fri, 16 May 2003 20:42:07 -0500 User-Agent: KMail/1.5.1 References: <20030516235830.7302aa41.kitlists@hotpop.com> <20030516040446.GB23782@dan.emsphone.com> <20030517155943.3653d0a6.kitlists@hotpop.com> In-Reply-To: <20030517155943.3653d0a6.kitlists@hotpop.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200305162042.07522.dkelly@HiWAAY.net> cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ATAPICAM and CDRW drives X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 17 May 2003 01:42:17 -0000 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: 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.