FYI -- Most CDRW drives use Phillips internals. Tom Veldhouse [EMAIL PROTECTED]
----- Original Message ----- From: "Wilko Bulte" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Thierry Herbelot" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "Mike Meyer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2002 3:23 PM Subject: Re: cdrecord under 4.5-stable > On Wed, Mar 13, 2002 at 10:11:09PM +0100, Thierry Herbelot wrote: > > Mike Meyer wrote: > > > > > > That to me means it's time to try rebuilding cdrecord, as it has it's > > > fingers fairly thoroughly into the system. Or maybe it's time to clean > > > the cd writer > > > > In a word : DON'T DO THAT : I recently destroyed a burner after cleaning > > it with a special-purpose "drive-cleaning" CD (plastic disc with some > > packs of hair near the center). > > Nobody said you should use a cleaning CD (/me hates these things). > > > The burner was a bit old, and was replaced by a speedier Yamaha drive, > > but I certainly wish I still had a working, old and slow, Philips > > burner. > > If it is any consolation: Philips CDRW drives die anyway. One for me, > and 2 for 2 friends, all early deads with low mileage. > > Wilko > -- > | / o / /_ _ [EMAIL PROTECTED] > |/|/ / / /( (_) Bulte Arnhem, the Netherlands > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
