Re: CD-ROM settings and bash resources

2002-10-19 Thread Ray Olszewski
I meant to reply earlier but it slipped my mind. First, it would help to be a bit more descriptive than just to say "has trouble reading large files". What sorts of files? What sort of trouble? What application software is involved? Without that detail, here is just a guess ... under Linux, DMA

Re: CD-ROM settings and bash resources

2002-10-19 Thread Mr. James W. Laferriere
Hello Bryan , Fyi , Mentioning M$-widows if only saying that the hardware itself is funtioning , can (and usually does) illicit a smaller response from some groups . Also might want to post a little more info about the device & system & kernel . That inf

CD-ROM settings and bash resources

2002-10-18 Thread Bryan Simmons
I've noticed that my HP CD-Writer 9100+ has trouble reading large files off of a burn under Mandrake 9.0. This problem doesn't occur in Windows. I think it may be the read-ahead setting. Does anyone know anything about this? Also, what are some good sites for learning bash scripting techniques?