Re: Some 2.2.0pre4 glitches

Jens Axboe (axboe@image.dk)
Fri, 08 Jan 1999 07:09:20 +0100

Chris Wedgwood wrote:
> > Your drives reports the speed in multiples of 150KB, not 176KB,
> > which is just plain broken. I've seen this with many drives and
> > have considered building a list and correct the speed settting with
> > these drives, but I don't know if it's worth the trouble just to
> > humour them.
>
> So -- are these drives 32x150 or 32x176. Perhaps they really are only
> 27x176 speed drives, and the marketing stuff on the box is lies?

Eh, good question. In fact it wouldn't surprise me one bit if they
really did use x1 == 150KB as a marketing scam.

-- 
*  Jens Axboe <axboe@image.dk>
*  Linux CD-ROM Maintainer
* "The only thing that interferes with my
*  learning is my education." -- A. Einstein


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