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From:Andrew Crowe
Date:7 Jun 2001 at 23:56:50
Subject:Re: CD drawers

Hi Everybody,

>> filesystems helped AC> but didn't stop lockups. AC
>> AC I think this is true of all CPU run SCSI devices? (IDE too?) DMA
>> AC devices (on accelerator cards etc.) shouldn't have this problem
>> (my AC BPPC doesnt anyway :)
>
> I have a similar problem with my Pioneer 32x drive and I have a
> Blizzard 040/PPC. It already existed when I had a Blizzard 030. My
> Yamaha CD-RW works fine though.

Thats interesting, with the same CD-Rom drive I get no lockups while
using it (whether it's speeding up, or trying to seek on a bad disk
etc.) but with the same drive while I was with my Squirrel it did.

Prehaps the cd filesystem also plays a part?

> Tried it, thanks. No difference at all. Anyone else have any ideas?

I'm afraid if you're on a squirrel you seem to be stuck with it

See ya :)



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