** Reply to message from Patrick Shanahan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Mon, 29 Oct 2007 11:25:30 -0400
> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > * Stan Goodman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [10-29-07 09:53]: > > Now an additional question arises: The highest speed in the list is > > 16. Does K3b interrogated the drive to ascertain that the drive is > > capable of writing to that speed? Or is 16 the highest speed of which > > K3b is capable without regard for the drive's capability? > > iianm, that would be what the drive capability it reported to k3b. > K3b interrogates the medium before committing the write to ascertain > its max speed capability. K3b would not have a max/min ability itself > as it is just a graphical front end to the disk writing software. That's very interesting. If the drive reported a capability of x16, that must mean that it already has the upgraded firmware, because that is what the new firmware does for an older drive of this type. Yet writing the DVD at that spead failed. I think the reason for that must be that the blank disk is labeled "DVD+Recordable"; I think DVD+R disks have to be written as a slower speed. In the meantime, however, I made DVD at a much slower speed, it is verified as a true copy of the downloaded file, and I will try to update my machine to v10.3 later this evening. Thanks to all that commented and advised... -- Stan Goodman Qiryat Tiv'on Israel Vegetarian n. (vej-e-tar'-i-an) From an archaic Amerindian word meaning "Unsuccessful Hunter". -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
