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Re: linux kernel error reading end of cd/dvd



On Wed 15 October 2003 16:19, Joerg Schilling wrote:
> From: Andy Polyakov <appro@fy.chalmers.se>
>
[...]
>
> 75 blocks exist nowhere in a seek related paper
>
>
> The basic position accuracy (without starting to read!) for a CD
> player must be < 2 seconds (150 sectors). This is why at least
> 150 sectors of lead out are required to prevent the drive from
> hitting the outer barrier.

That makes sense. Do you know for sure whether the capacity that is 
returned by READ CAPACITY is actually supposed (as in according to 
the SCSI bus spec) to be sector accurate?

Lourens
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