[nflug] CDROM error

[Greg Neumann]

Yes, highly illogical! Still, burners are more expensive than readers, 
and one can usually scrounge up a reader more easily than a writer. 
Also, games account for the lion's share of cd activity on the home 
equipment. ;-) *Dives for cover before Spock gets the Phaser banks fully 
charged!*
-Greg

Robert Wolfe wrote:

> *Does the Spock thing and raises an eyebrow*
>
>     *From:* Greg Neumann [mailto:DadNeumann at verizon.net]
>     *To:* nflug at nflug.org
>     *Sent:* Fri, 28 Oct 2005 10:06:01 -0400
>     *Subject:* Re: [nflug] CDROM error
>
>     Well, this is interesting. I always liked 2 drives, one just a
>     reader,
>     to keep the wear & tear (translate: GAMES!) on the writer. Maybe I've
>     been wrong all this time? I wonder if it's the same for SCSI and
>     IDE in
>     the same machine. Curiouser and curiouser!
>     -Greg
>
>     Cyber Source wrote:
>
>     > I have generally found multiple cd/dvd devices to be problematic
>     > ranging from flaky stuff like your experiencing to making coasters.
>     > Wouldn't just your DVD burner (/dev/hdc) suffice for everything?
>     There
>     > could be some strange mapping of devices going on. I would try
>     putting
>     > the box through the paces with just the /dev/hdc and see what
>     happens.
>     > I really can't see the need for multiple cd/dvd drives and I've
>     always
>     > seen problems associated with them.
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