Re: cd support for iBook G4

[Joerg Sommer <joerg@alea.gnuu.de>]

Jack Malmostoso <jackmalmostoso@freesurf.ch> wrote:
> Ciao Joerg Sommer, nel tuo messaggio dicevi:
>
>> Has anyone better experiences with the cdrom in the g4 ibook?
>
> I did rip audio cds and dvds with my iBook (with Grip and mencoder), and
> when I burn things the burning starts at 8x, but then the speed grows up
> to 24x (and this happens in OSX too, mind you) without problems.

Do you run hdparm? What options? Do you have a combo drive or a super
drive?

# hdparm -i /dev/cdrom 

/dev/cdrom:

 Model=MATSHITACD-RW CW-8123, FwRev=CA0T, SerialNo=
 Config={ Fixed Removeable DTR<=5Mbs DTR>10Mbs nonMagnetic }
 RawCHS=0/0/0, TrkSize=0, SectSize=0, ECCbytes=0
 BuffType=unknown, BuffSize=0kB, MaxMultSect=0
 (maybe): CurCHS=0/0/0, CurSects=0, LBA=yes, LBAsects=0
 IORDY=on/off, tPIO={min:120,w/IORDY:120}, tDMA={min:120,rec:120}
 PIO modes:  pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4 
 DMA modes:  sdma0 sdma1 sdma2 mdma0 mdma1 *mdma2 
 UDMA modes: udma0 udma1 udma2 
 AdvancedPM=no
 Drive conforms to: device does not report version: 

 * signifies the current active mode


Jörg.

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