Re: USB 1.1 too slow to burn DVD's?

2008-10-22 Thread Richard Hector
On Wed, 2008-10-22 at 20:21 -0400, Chris Jones wrote: > On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 03:14:07PM EDT, Paolo wrote: > > On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 01:18:30PM -0400, Chris Jones wrote: > > > The old laptop only has USB 1.1 and I believe I read somewhere - can't > > > find where .. that this is too slow to bur

Re: Boot old laptop off of USB flash drive?

2008-10-22 Thread Chris Jones
On Sun, Oct 19, 2008 at 11:11:37PM EDT, Celejar wrote: > On Sun, 19 Oct 2008 22:15:51 -0400 > Chris Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > This old laptop's BIOS only lets me boot off of a floppy/CD-ROM/hard > > drive. > > > > Is there any way I could boot off of a USB flash drive - as in booting

Re: Boot old laptop off of USB flash drive?

2008-10-22 Thread Chris Jones
On Sun, Oct 19, 2008 at 11:40:00PM EDT, Rob Smith wrote: > On Sun, 2008-10-19 at 22:15 -0400, Chris Jones wrote: > > This old laptop's BIOS only lets me boot off of a floppy/CD-ROM/hard > > drive. > > > > Is there any way I could boot off of a USB flash drive - as in booting > > off of a floppy or

Re: USB 1.1 too slow to burn DVD's?

2008-10-22 Thread Chris Jones
On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 03:14:07PM EDT, Paolo wrote: > On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 01:18:30PM -0400, Chris Jones wrote: > > The old laptop only has USB 1.1 and I believe I read somewhere - can't > > find where .. that this is too slow to burn DVD's .. only CD's. > > > > Is there any truth to this .. a

Re: USB 1.1 too slow to burn DVD's?

2008-10-22 Thread Paolo
On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 01:18:30PM -0400, Chris Jones wrote: > The old laptop only has USB 1.1 and I believe I read somewhere - can't > find where .. that this is too slow to burn DVD's .. only CD's. > > Is there any truth to this .. any workaround? %man cdrecord ... speed=# Set the spe

USB 1.1 too slow to burn DVD's?

2008-10-22 Thread Chris Jones
The old laptop only has USB 1.1 and I believe I read somewhere - can't find where .. that this is too slow to burn DVD's .. only CD's. Is there any truth to this .. any workaround? Thanks! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PR