Re: Starting off

[Eric Delaunay <delaunay@lix.polytechnique.fr>]

ferret@phonewave.net wrote:
> 
> 
> On 17 Feb 2000, Stephen Zander wrote:
> 
> > >>>>> "Tim" == -  <-> writes:
> >     Tim> 1. Stick a PC scsi cd-rom on the scsi bus.
> > 
> > Ah, no.  PC CD-ROM drives normally don't work in Sparcs.  Sparcs
> > excpect the CD-ROM to have 512 byte sectors.  Mos PC CD-ROMs have 2048
> > byte sectors.  You could probably pick up acheck Sparc CD-ROM from
> > somewhere though.  Search the archives of debian-sparc for possible
> > sources (<URL:http://www.debian.org/List-Archives/>).
> 
> AFAIK most Plextor CDrom drives have a jumper to run 512 byte sectors. I
> was considering purchasing a second burner from them at one time, and was
> looking at them for exactly that reason.

Yeah, my 40TSI has it too.  Even my Yamaha writer has it.  It's a 4260 SCSI but
I'm guessing newer ones still have this feature.

Regards.

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 Eric Delaunay                 | S'il n'y a pas de solution, c'est qu'il n'y
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