[geeks] Suck arse CD audio ripping

[Dave McGuire]

On April 13, Kenneth Dunn wrote:
> Tonight (morning) while ripping some audio tracks from a CD in
> my "52 speed" ATAPI CD-ROM I noticed it was affecting serial transfers 
> something chronic. Are ATAPI CD drives really sucky or is it just the 
> lack of prempting in the Linux kernel. The computer has a Celeron 
> (Coppermine) running @ 770Mhz. 

  Welcome to the wonderful world of IDE.  Go get yourself a SCSI disk
subsystem.  (Or better yet, a real computer!)

        -Dave

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Dave McGuire              "Hush and eat your vegetables, young lady!"
St. Petersburg, FL                          - Mr. Bill