Re: [vox-tech] cdrecord problems

[Peter Jay Salzman <pMAPS@belial.ucdavis.edu>]

jan,

are you using the power (usenet) search?    deja branched into a lot of
different stuff.  it's more of a portal now, but this link reigns supreme:

http://www.deja.com/home_ps.shtml

i think i simply typed:

        linux philips <BLAH>

where <BLAH> was the model of the cdr.  i got the model number from your
email, when you gave the output of cdrecord.

also, deja is not the most lynx friendly site, so i usually have to start up
my X server before going there.

given your description of the symptoms, hardware failure makes sense.  if you
ever want to get another CDR, i can't recommend the plexwriter 12/4/32 cdrw
highly enough.  plextor's equiptment just generally rocks.  and as a
company, they're very linux friendly.  you don't see many companies using
the "L" word in their user manuals.  :)

pete



> Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2000 10:15:07 -0800 (PST)
> From: Jan Wynholds <jcwynholds@yahoo.com>
> Reply-To: vox-tech@lists.mother.com
> To: vox-tech@franz.mother.com
> Subject: Re: [vox-tech] cdrecord problems
> 
> 
> --- Peter Jay Salzman <p@belial.ucdavis.edu> wrote:
> > On Mon, 27 Nov 2000, Jan Wynholds wrote:
> > 
> > > Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2000 19:37:09 -0800 (PST)
> > > From: Jan Wynholds <jcwynholds@yahoo.com>
> > > Reply-To: vox-tech@lists.mother.com
> > > To: vox-tech@franz.mother.com
> > > Subject: Re: [vox-tech] cdrecord problems
> >  
> > you conveniently ignored my question about whether
> > you've searched deja or
> > not.  lucky for you, i checked.
> > 
> > it seems as if this particular cdr has a very low
> > life expectancy.  a couple
> > of people had the same problem you describe.  the
> > temporary fix was to clean
> > the internal lens.  the long term fix is to buy a
> > better drive.
> > 
> > jan, deja is your friend.
> > 
> > peter
> Pete:
> 
> I checked deja, and found alot of advertisements for
> other drives, but not mine.  Maybe you could post a
> little bit on your method of searching deja.  I feel
> like an idiot now, but I suspected something was wrong
> with this drive.  
> 
> Anyhow, I appreciate your help and advice. :)
> 
> -Jan