Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 04 Apr 2001 21:39:47 +0200 | From | Giuliano Pochini <> | Subject | Re: 2048 byte/sector problems with kernel 2.4 |
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> >There WERE direct overwrite media for a while that would, in theory, be > >able to write the data directly, but a combination of high cost, >limited > >sources, and strong questions about the permanence of the recorded data > >severely limited the demand for these and I think that they have been > >withdrawn.
I have 2 OW disks and they work just fine. According to specs their reliability is the same as nornal MO disks.
> No, direct overwrite disks are expensive, but they are still available. I do > not know of any, and have not heard of any problems related to direct > overwrite technology. For some reason M/O never really caught on in the US, > and the high price of direct overwrite disks is what seems to be killing > them off. I have a bunch I use for backup and have never had any problems.
RW CDs killed almost all removables.
And about 2KB sectors related problems, I confirm what I wrote in my previous message: I have no problems. 640MB and 1.3GB both work fine here.
(kernel 2.4.3, old aic7xxx driver, adaptec 2930CU, Fujitsu GigaMO, PowerPC 750)
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