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Re: Sparc(s) won't read Debian CDs



On Wed, Feb 20, 2002 at 11:00:46AM -0600, Michael Hicks wrote:
> Ken McNamara <conmara@grandcanyonhiker.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hello to everyone.
> > 
> > I just got my first set of Debian CDs.
> > 
> > They read fine on 2 different PCs - but 2 different Sparc 20's can't
> > read them.  Each Sparc reads CDs just fine until I put these in.
> > 
> > Has anyone seen anthing like this?  Any suggestions?
> 
> The Sparc 20 CD-ROM drive is so slow (1x, 150kB/s) that you'd be better off
> mounting the disk on another machine and exporting via NFS, or making the
> files accessible via FTP or HTTP.  If you're installing, just make some
> boot floppies and install over the network.

This reminded me of another issue I've had with older CDROM drives
(Sun and otherwise): Many (most?) older drives will not read CD-RW
disks.  Do you know if the CD's are mastered, CD-R's, or CD-RW's?

Later,
  Rob.

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