Re: looking for a server

[Jason Thorpe <thorpej%shagadelic.org@localhost>]

On Apr 3, 2008, at 4:13 PM, Miles Nordin wrote:

> 1. I know CD burning is broken.

How is CD burning broken?

(How are threads broken, for that matter?)

> 2. You and I both know CD burning problems are indicative of IDE
>   problems overall, and maybe even worse problems with interrupt
>   priority levels or PCI bus configuration or who knows what, so CD
>   burning problems DO matter to the original poster.

Not necessarily.  Sure, Alpha has a relatively flat interrupt priority  
level scheme.  But I certainly never had any trouble burning CDs on my  
Alpha (with IDE).  Alas, I just got rid of my last one a few weeks ago  
because I no longer have the space for it.

Actually, I don't see at all how your statement above is true in the  
general sense.

> 3. Although you may not have direct experience with IDE CD burners in
>   alphas, you do know that I am probably right, and you know that
>   your past experience is irrelevant because IDE and SCSI always
>   differ tremendously especially on noti386 and also because (2).

And, um, why does he know that you are probably right?

-- thorpej