Joe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I am curious why Linux uses a generic IDE/ATAPI for almost all
> cdroms (IDE/ATAPI) and Windows requires new drivers or seperate
> drivers for each drive?
what about SCSI? i bet windows want a driver for every SCSI CD-ROM
too. this seems to be symptomatic of windows.
> If a cdrom is IDE/ATAPI is this a standard
afaict yes.
> and if so why do some IDE/ATAPI drives work better than others?
some are better than others?
> Also is it normal for a 32x or 52x cdrom to make noise when it
> spins up? I had a 32x and it seems to be dead now, and now I
> have a 52x and both sound like little turbines every time they
> spin up. Is this normal?
it varies. my 12x 3-year old toshiba sounds like a jet airplane
warming up. my 40x plextor is fairly quiet in comparison. CDs just
weren't indended to spin all that fast.
speaking of fast spinning, i did a back-of-the-envelope about a 10k
rpm hard disk with a 3 inch diameter disk. the edge would be
travelling at 144 kph or 90 mph! how many Gs of acceleration is that
btw?
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