On Mon, 25 Nov 2002 20:50, Ron Bouwhuis wrote: > --- Stephen Kuhn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Mon, 2002-11-25 at 16:05, Michael Adams wrote: > > > Following the "First -Suspect Me" Thread with > > > > interest. > > > > > My Case... > > > Brand new store bought V9.0 pre-installed > > > > computer. > > > > > It has a 52x CD on hdb (fstab was set up for hdd > > > > but i corrected that). > > > > > The supplied disks are recorded download edition > > > > 9.0 40x recordable. > > > > > The disks have an envelope address size sticker > > > > plastered on them. > > > > > The CD will read any package ok after repeated > > > > attempts. > > > > > Which solutions will help reduce read errors the > > > > most. > > > > > 1. Buy another IDE cable and put the CD on hdc. > > > 2. Remove the stickers incase they are causing > > > > speed wobbles. > > > > > 3. A software method of throttling back the top > > > > read speed. > > > > > (Does this exist and what is it?) > > > 4. Other suggestion...? > > > > > > -- > > > Michael > > > > Why not try using hdparm to change/modify the > > buffering on the device? > > Make sure it's using DMA and it's using the proper > > PIO/XFer modes... > > (i.e. hdparm -X70 -d1 -p4 /dev/hdb ) ----??? > > > > Give that a go before getting purchase-crazy... > > > > PS: I don't think a sticker's going to make that > > much difference - but > > if you want to peel'em off, well, they're YOUR cd's! > > Oh, I remember reading somewhere that things like > address stickers are murder on the newer, "high-speed" > CD readers, precisely BECAUSE they throw the CDs > off-balance. > > Michael, do you get read errors on CDs that DON'T have > stickers on them? > > Ron. >
Jolly good point. Will check it out! -- Michael
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