Something else you need to look into:
You have 2 IDE controllers, I'm guessing. 1 harddisk, 1 cdrom drive, 1 zip
drive, and now the CDRW.
How is your stuff set up on the controllers/cables? CD writers should
always be primary to CD readers. You should never pair a CD drive with a
harddisk. I do not know about what a zip disk works well with, though. The
thing is, cd drives take a much longer time to finish a function when
interrupted since they aren't constantly spinning like harddisks, so
they'll hang the device they're paired with until they finish (or at least
that's how it was back in the day).
Is this the problem? I don't know, but if your cables are on the drives
wrong (and if the drives aren't jumped correctly), you can end up with
poor or no results.
On Sat, 21 Apr 2001, Nima S. Panahi wrote:
> Try turning on DMA for your drive. I have had similar problems. I am not
> sure if it will help, but give it a try anyway.
>
> On Fri, 20 Apr 2001, Monte Milanuk wrote:
>
> > I have a Yamaha 16/10/40 IDE CDRW, and while I haven't
> > gotten to use it under Linux yet, I also haven't had much
> > luck w/ it under Win98 either. I have it installed in a
> > Dell OptiPlex GX1 P3-500 w/ 384MB RAM, a 10GB IDE HD, a 52X
> > IDE CDROM drive, and an IDE ZIP-100 drive. The problem is,
> > when the CDRW spins up, it a) sounds like a jet engine
> > coming up to speed, and b) it sucks so much CPU, or
> > something, that the whole system literally grinds to a halt
> > until it gets done. Even just on simple stuff like feeding
> > an application CD into the drive, it does this. I don't
> > know if the fault is w/ the drive or my system
> > configuration, but it is damn annoying!!
> >
> > Monte
> >
> > --- Warren Melnick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > I want to buy a new CD burner, 16/10/40. I have narrowed
> > > it down to the
> > > Plextor and the Yamaha. They seem to have the same
> > > specs, and for all I
> > > know may even be the same physical drive. They both have
> > > a big buffer,
> > > ATAPI-4, 40x DAE and burn-proof. They are within $6 of
> > > each other in price.
> > > Any ideas, preferences, hazards?
> > >
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