Knoppix kernel question

[Leo J Mauler]

On Thu, 26 Feb 2004 16:41:34 -0600 "Brian Kelsay" <BLKELSAY at kcc.usda.gov>
writes:
> I actually have some drives that won't boot to CDR or CDRW!!  Certain 
> Mitsumi drives (24x and 32X) are just real finicky.  I try to pull 
> them out of my PCs and save for donations.  It might help if I 
> burned CDR at a slower rate, but I can't verify that.

I have a 32X drive which came as part of a CreativeLabs SoundBlaster
upgrade kit.  I forget who made it, but it wouldn't read some CD-Rs
either.  I had a bunch from a friend of mine who bought a 2X burner when
they got down below $150, and they all worked great on the 32X.  My old
8X made CD-Rs which would read in the 32X.  When I upgraded from an 8X
burner to a 48X burner, the CD-Rs stopped reading on the 32X.

Burning at 4X made a CD-R which would read in that 32X CDROM drive.  If
memory serves I tended to burn at 4X anyway on the 8X burner.

> >>> Leo J Mauler <we> 02/25/04 11:04PM >>>
> I managed to get a SAMs Club membership and so my 
> CDs are about $0.22 each.  Another issue is that I have 
> a lot of older CDROM drives which don't like CDRWs.  
> If my financial situation ever improved, I might rise
> into a situation where CDRWs made more sense.

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