From owner-freebsd-stable Thu Mar 14 5:49:44 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from veldy.net (veldy-host33.dsl.visi.com [209.98.200.33]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E782337B417 for ; Thu, 14 Mar 2002 05:49:39 -0800 (PST) Received: from HP2500B (localhost.veldy.net [127.0.0.1]) by veldy.net (Postfix) with SMTP id BC0661A19F; Thu, 14 Mar 2002 07:49:33 -0600 (CST) Message-ID: <003501c1cb5f$07cc84a0$3028680a@tgt.com> From: "Thomas T. Veldhouse" To: "Wilko Bulte" , "Thierry Herbelot" Cc: "Mike Meyer" , , References: <20020313164933.685BC3F0E@bast.unixathome.org> <15503.43210.589943.235832@guru.mired.org> <3C8FC06D.CC8C0CFD@herbelot.com> <20020313222304.E47476@freebie.xs4all.nl> Subject: Re: cdrecord under 4.5-stable Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2002 07:49:10 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG FYI -- Most CDRW drives use Phillips internals. Tom Veldhouse veldy@veldy.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Wilko Bulte" To: "Thierry Herbelot" Cc: "Mike Meyer" ; ; Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2002 3:23 PM Subject: Re: cdrecord under 4.5-stable > On Wed, Mar 13, 2002 at 10:11:09PM +0100, Thierry Herbelot wrote: > > Mike Meyer wrote: > > > > > > That to me means it's time to try rebuilding cdrecord, as it has it's > > > fingers fairly thoroughly into the system. Or maybe it's time to clean > > > the cd writer > > > > In a word : DON'T DO THAT : I recently destroyed a burner after cleaning > > it with a special-purpose "drive-cleaning" CD (plastic disc with some > > packs of hair near the center). > > Nobody said you should use a cleaning CD (/me hates these things). > > > The burner was a bit old, and was replaced by a speedier Yamaha drive, > > but I certainly wish I still had a working, old and slow, Philips > > burner. > > If it is any consolation: Philips CDRW drives die anyway. One for me, > and 2 for 2 friends, all early deads with low mileage. > > Wilko > -- > | / o / /_ _ wilko@FreeBSD.org > |/|/ / / /( (_) Bulte Arnhem, the Netherlands > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message