SCSI CD drive capable of reading CD-R

Gary Sparkes mokuba at gmail.com
Tue Apr 19 15:32:01 CDT 2005


It was a multislice solaris cd, could that cause problems? Burnt from a
single image.... I threw a burnt disc in it today though, from the mac, and
it read fine as far as I can tell (sol10 x86, opened a license doc)... It's
a rather ancient sun external, got it with some IPX's


On 4/17/05 7:44 PM, "Doc Shipley" <doc at mdrconsult.com> wrote:

> Gary Sparkes wrote:
> 
>> I'm desperate for a scsi drive capable of reading CD-Rs! If anyone has one,
>> anyone at all, I'd love to hear from you! (External especailly, but I can
>> swap drives in an external housing if needed, I guess)
> 
>    The *only* SCSI drive I've ever had that wouldn't read CD-Rs was an
> external HP.  Don't remember the model, but it was a 2x-4x reader.  Even
> my old Macintosh external, may it RIP, would read CD-Rs.
> 
>    Nobody else has mentioned it, but most older (4x or slower) readers
> will hurl on a multisession or an "open" CD-R.  Burn your CDs
> single-session, and be sure to close them.  If your hardware will do DAO
> burns, that's always the best bet.
> 
> 
> Doc

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Gary G. Sparkes Jr.
KB3HAG - FM19t




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