Date: Tue, 24 Dec 2002 14:30:30 -0800 From: paul beard <paulbeard@mac.com> To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cdrecord problems: too many coasters Message-ID: <3E08E006.4070205@mac.com> References: <3E0794B1.8030409@mac.com> <20021224142050.A1724@gicco.homeip.net> <3E08A89A.2090001@mac.com>
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I wrote: > It's an older drive. > > cd0: <PINNACLE RCD5040 1.51> Removable Worm SCSI-2 device > cd0: 3.300MB/s transfers > cd0: cd present [1 x 2048 byte records] > > It *has* worked but for audio CDs, just once. > HMm, looking around on Google for info on this drive's mechanism brings me *lots* of bad news. Looks like the $20 I paid for it on eBay might gave been too much after all. I couldn't have found this out before I bought it, since the seller didn't know what the internals were, but I know better now. It seems to work OK for data CDs, though. How annoying. -- Paul Beard: seeking UNIX/internet engineering work <http://paulbeard.no-ip.org/paulbeard.html>; 8040 27th Ave NE Seattle WA 98115 / 206 529 8400 "I'd love to go out with you, but the man on television told me to stay tuned." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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