>From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Nov 20 18:57:25 2002

>> with "mt = per*..." and -dao [results in underrun!!!]:
>> 
>> Track 01:    1 of   32 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf  97%] |300  826ms   826ms| after 
>sleep 100%    0.4x
>                                                      ^^^ Even this
>doesn't have to be "a lie." As we know in SAO mode unit writes lead-in
>first and it naturally requires some buffer space. I mean not every
>percent of those 97% has to be user data.

It may be ok, the qquestion is whether the full RAM capacity is available.
In SAO, the drive most likely needs 2448 bytes per sector which may reduce
the buffer capacity by 20%. If the drive does not report values correctly,
then the old formular may have failed.


J�rg

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