On Thu, Mar 14, 2002 at 07:49:10AM -0600, Thomas T. Veldhouse wrote: > FYI -- Most CDRW drives use Phillips internals.
I know. I think HP for example. I used to work for Philips ;-) Not for the CDRW folks though. W/ > Tom Veldhouse > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Wilko Bulte" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Thierry Herbelot" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: "Mike Meyer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > 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. -- | / o / /_ _ [EMAIL PROTECTED] |/|/ / / /( (_) Bulte Arnhem, the Netherlands To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
