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On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 9:23 AM, Paul Hartman |
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<paul.hartman+gentoo@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 10:43 AM, Mark Knecht <markknecht@×××××.com> wrote: |
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>> On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 7:38 AM, Paul Hartman |
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>> <paul.hartman+gentoo@×××××.com> wrote: |
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>>> On Sun, Jan 17, 2010 at 2:25 PM, Mark Knecht <markknecht@×××××.com> wrote: |
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>>>> Hi, |
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>>>> My 5-year old gentoo-AMD64 machine when up in smoke this week so I'm |
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>>>> building a new machine. Most parts are on order but one big change |
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>>>> these days is the motherboards I want to purchase no longer support |
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>>>> EIDE/ATAPI interfaces so I'll have to get a new CD-R/DVD-R drive to |
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>>>> get the OS loaded and for writing mostly audio discs using |
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>>>> cdda2wav/cdrecord. While I understand firmware is often a problem on |
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>>>> these drives I'm wondering what drive manufacturers folks would |
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>>>> recommend these days as having the best results with cdrecord? |
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>>> I have a cheap Sony Optiarc (formerly NEC?) and it has worked fine for |
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>>> me for ripping and burning audio CDs, DVD+/-R (single and dual layer). |
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>>> It cost around $25 USD. I don't know if it is better or worse than any |
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>>> other brand but it seems to work for me anyway. |
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>>> |
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>> I just ordered an OptiArc 7240S from NewEgg this morning on a similar |
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>> recommendation from the cdrtools list. |
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>> Just curious - have you attempted any firmware upgrades from within |
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>> Linux? Have you tried (or do you know about) the Liggy and Dee |
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>> firmware? |
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> I've got AW-G170S and cannot remember if I've done a firmware update |
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> on it. I think Sony only release a Windows-based firmware installer |
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> but I'm not sure how the third-party ones work. |
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> I have read about the modified firmwares to change burn strategy, |
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> enable bitsetting (make a DVD-R look like a DVD-ROM to fool devices |
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> that refuse to play burned discs) etc but I haven't personally had a |
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> need to use it. |
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I don't expect I will either. I was just curious as to your experience |
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if you had. |
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The drive is on order and hopefully new parts get here Wednesday or |
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Thursday so hopefully I'll be running Gentoo on my new i5-661 by the |
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weekend. |
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Thanks for your inputs. |
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cheers, |
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Mark |
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