[Aurora-sparc-user] CD-ROM drives and > 4x (was: Aurora 2.0 install failure on Sun Ultra 10)

[Joseph Simantov]

Like you, Thomas, I used both CDROMS and DVDROMS on
PCs and both read fast CDs without any problem. When I
installed the same units (CD and DVD) on an ultra5,
the problem appeared.

Just to add here that the exactly the same problem
appeared on an ultra30, using SCSI CDROMs and DVDROMS.

Can anybody in the list give a logical explanation of
this CD burning speed problem? It's an issue that
comes again and again...

Thanks,

Joseph




--- "T. Ribbrock" <emgaron at gmx.net> wrote:

> On Wed, Sep 06, 2006 at 01:07:45AM -0700, Joseph
> Simantov wrote:
> > I've had exactly the same problem with an ultra5
> and
> > an ultra30. It is probably caused by CDs burned at
> a
> > speed higher than 4.
> 
> I never quite understood that particular piece of
> advise - the CD-ROM
> drives I've seen in U5/U10 so far were all
> sufficiently modern to deal
> with CD-Rs, even when burned at higher speeds. I
> even had one of those
> drives in a PC for a while and it read whatever I
> threw at it. Shouldn't
> any potential problem with fast-burned CD-Rs be
> entirely related to the
> drive that's present in the Sparc? I mean, the old
> drives, like they
> were e.g. found in the SS20, I can easily understand
> if they don't take
> higher than 4x - but my U60 has an UltraPlex 40x, so
> why should it have
> any problems? Or am I missing something here?
> 
> Cheerio,
> 
> Thomas
> -- 
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