hdparm will let you set a slower speed for the cdrom. See http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Wikilearn/Hdparm.
Unfortunately, hdparm did not seem to be installed "by default" in my Mandrake 8.2 or 9.0 installations, but I'm assuming it's available somewhere on the installation CDRoms (or from somewhere else). If you can improve the cited page in any way, please do! (After all, it is a wiki.) regards, Randy Kramer On Monday 25 November 2002 12:05 am, 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...?
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