** Reply to message from Patrick Shanahan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Mon, 29 Oct 2007 13:15:21 -0400
> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > * Stan Goodman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [10-29-07 12:50]: > > 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. > > You are using linux now, not windoz, hy not verify the drive speed > capability yourself rather than *wonder* if k3b is lying to you? Why are people throwing Windows up to me? In all the years I have been using personal computers, including one I build from scratch, complete with a rudimentary operating system, then CP/M, I have never used any flavor of Windows. I am not a Windows refugee. There is nothing in my last-previous message to indicate that I am wondering about the speed of the drive. I asked a question about where K3b was getting its information from, and it was answered clearly. That would be clear from my paragraph to which you are replying, had you not truncated it in the middle.. > hwinfo --cdrom | grep Drive\ Speed Good to know this. Thank you. > 13:12 wahoo:../source/eol-0.1.6 > hwinfo --cdrom | grep Drive\ Speed > Drive Speed: 40 > Drive Speed: 40 > > I have two write-able drives :^) > > > Yet writing the DVD at that spead failed. > > may have not been the drive, but the media or I tried the operation twice, and have two coasters for my pains. I don't think it was the medium either time. > > 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. > > I use ONLY DVD+[R/RW] media and have not found that to be true. I am glad to hear this, for I am sure you know this for a fact. The reason I said that was that on Toshiba's webpage about the current firmware update for my drive, they claim that the update will bring writing speed up to x16 for DVD-R and to x8 for DVD+R. Perhaps I misread the page -- that's always possible. -- Stan Goodman Qiryat Tiv'on Israel >From the minds of imbecilic, though authoritative, columnists: "I'm still all >for it, but it doesn't work." -- Anthony Lewis (NY Times), on socialism -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
