[paranoia-dev] Trouble whith a VERY hard-to-read CD causes kernel errors

[Jeremy Brand, B.S.]

Thus spake Rik Hemsley:

> #if Peter Jones
> > The basic starting point for cases like this is to use ide-scsi
> > instead of ide-cd .  The SCSI interface gives cdparanoia a much more
> > verbose interface to work with.
> >
> > In fact, really you should be using SCSI emulation for any use of
> > cdparanoia.  It's just better.
> >
> > I don't know if it'll actually help in this case, but it might.
>
> Never heard this advice before. Is there some technical info I can
> look at which lends weight ? I don't want to start advising people
> to use ide-scsi without reasons to back up the claim that it's
> better.

This has been standard info/practice for at least a year or two, or more.
Check http://www.xiph.org/, I am sure I have read it somewhere (with
authority) before, and I am guessing that is where I read it.

Jeremy

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