In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Bill Mudd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > CDR-W media. Memorex is definitely not high quality at least compared to > say Verbatim.
I may have to buy another brand and see if it treats me better. > Aside from the media possibly being the problem, if you have standard > hardware, correct configurations (jumper settings etc.), updated bios for > all related hardware components including your mobo and it still doesn't > work, then I think the problem would be either with your CDR-W drive itself > or with your Linux - CDR-W drive configuration. The Dell Inspiron 8100 is a laptop. There's not much I can do about jumpers :) I have borrowed a Sony drive from a friend which fits into the bay that normally holds my floppy drive. We'll see if it does any better. > But having your CDR-W and HD on the same IDE channel should not ordinarily > be a problem. Are you saying that you can do a blank=all without having all accesses to the HD block until the blank is complete? Whenever I do a blank=all, some programs keep working, but if I do anything that I know accesses the disk, that process blocks until the blank operation is complete. I can also freeze programs that would otherwise work by telling them to access the disk. Can anyone confirm or deny this same-channel IDE issue I'm having with blanking and fixating? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
