Re: Duodisk problem

[az268@chebucto.ns.ca (Jonathan Adams)]

Wayne Stewart (waynes@intergate.bc.ca) wrote:


: With no disk in the drive you will always get wildly varying speeds.
: When verifying speed, the program writes a reference to the disk then
: times how often it comes around. If you can't either read or write
: correctly for whatever reason, you'll get wildly fluctuating speed
: readings. If you want to see if it's a reading or writing problem on
: Drive 2, do the speed test on Drive 1 then start the speed test on drive 2

: with no disk in the drive. Then when it's giving those wildly varying
: speeds, slip the disk you used to test Drive 1 in Drive 2 and close the
: door.
: If you're reading allright the drive speed should immediately stabilize.

:     Wayne


I did the test as you said, and the speed still varies wildly. Drive 1
tested fine.
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Jonathan Adams
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