Date: Tue, 17 Mar 1998 10:26:12 -0500 From: "David W. Alderman" <dave@persprog.com> To: Open Systems Networking <opsys@mail.webspan.net> Cc: "Gary T. Corcoran" <garycorc@idt.net>, hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: CD-R and Scanner recomendations for CD archiving of records? Message-ID: <350E9614.A0146556@persprog.com> References: <Pine.BSF.3.95.980317082323.20766A-100000@orion.webspan.net>
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You may be using crappy media or have a problem with your setup. Out of about 40CD-R's I have made so far, only one turned out to be defective, and that was the first one I made. Please note that while I am mastering a CD, I do nothing else with that computer. Maybe it's that "make world" you keep running in the background ;-) I have a Philips 2x6x2 CD-RW and it seems to work great for me. Under Windoze, beware of screen blankers. OPEN-GL is not the best thing to run while mastering a CD! Adaptec CD Creator is actually a decent program and their CD-copier works OK. Note: I apologize for mentioning products that work with the Evil Empire OS. Those that know me would be shocked as well. One final note: I have had problems with specific model of Plextor (yes, Plextor!) 12x SCSI cdroms when trying to read "gold" media. They seem to like "blue" media better. These units came in Gateway computers and I think maybe they were specially modified to be crappy as hell! The generic IDE drives we have at work seem much better than these units. Please don't write off CD-R's. A lot of us out here are having excellent results with them. May you never make a coaster again! Open Systems Networking wrote: > On Tue, 17 Mar 1998, Gary T. Corcoran wrote: > > > Justin T. Gibbs wrote: > > > > > Be aware that CD-R media is extremely fragile. I would not consider it > > > for long term archival purposes. > > > > Could you explain a little? I thought some manufacturers were _claiming_ > > that their recorded disks would last 100 years! ? > > I'm not sure exactly what part of CD-R technology justin is referring to, > but I can say now from experimenting with CD-R's. This HAS to be some kind > of MS scam! The CD-R media itself is about as reliable as using a paper > hat to protect yourself from sustaining a direct hit from a mile wide > asteroid. I have lost 50% of my CD-R discs during burning sessions because > they were defective. That is pretty high. So I dont think I'll be using > CD-R, maybe something more reliable, like punch cards :) > Dave Alderman To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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