[geeks] Suck arse CD audio ripping

Fri Apr 12 11:29:51 CDT 2002

On Sat, Apr 13, 2002 at 03:24:24AM +1200, 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 preempting in the Linux kernel. The computer has a Celeron 
> (Coppermine) running @ 770Mhz. 

I believe the problem is a combination of stupid IDE and stupid serial 
controllers.  Both require constant CPU supervision.

-- 
Joshua D. Boyd