On Wed, Feb 20, 2002 at 11:00:46AM -0600, Michael Hicks wrote: >> Ken McNamara <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > >> > Hello to everyone. >> > >> > I just got my first set of Debian CDs. >> > > >> They read fine on 2 different PCs - but 2 different Sparc 20's can't >> > read them. Each Sparc reads CDs just fine until I put these in. >> > > >> Has anyone seen anthing like this? Any suggestions? > > > >The Sparc 20 CD-ROM drive is so slow (1x, 150kB/s) that you'd be better off > >mounting the disk on another machine and exporting via NFS, or making the > >files accessible via FTP or HTTP. If you're installing, just make some > >boot floppies and install over the network. > >This reminded me of another issue I've had with older CDROM drives >(Sun and otherwise): Many (most?) older drives will not read CD-RW >disks. Do you know if the CD's are mastered, CD-R's, or CD-RW's? > >Later, > Rob.
The SS10 cd-rom drive can read CD-R, I think the SS20 can. stephane
