[Pc_Support] AMD 64 DVD / Debian or Suse

[Homer Whittaker]

Damien McKenna wrote:

>>Guess I was not sweating the IDE drive but rather the AMD 64 
>>drivers for any given DVD drive.
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>What OS?
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I currently have Suse 64 on the machine, but when I finallized (order) 
the DVD Burner I intend to put the Debian AMD 64 on also.  Additionally, 
I have ordered some of the Ubantu AMD 64 disks, but they  seem to be 
quite slow in getting their orders filled, at least it seems long to me.

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>>They are claiming up to 8.5G of data for the cd's.
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>"DVDs" ;-)  Dual layer is a pretty expensive technology today, and quite
>slow too.
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I tend to agree with David on this.  As I understand it, the outer ends 
of the disks start out slow but they  then speed up to 16x when they get 
down to the end.  I believe that they are supposed to average 8x.

The Toshiba delivers from Mwave right at $49.90 for the black face 
unit.  The   beige front is about $10 higher.  My machines are not the 
prettiest ones in town so black does not bother me.

Homer Whittaker