[plug] ATAPI CD-ROM read corruption.

[Greg Mildenhall]

On Tue, 30 Mar 1999, Trevor Phillips wrote:
> Anyone know why my IDE/ATAPI CD-ROM would be corrupting data as it is read from
> the CD?? (Kernel 2.2.5).
> I first noticed it when MP3's playing from CD started stuttering and skipping.
> Further tests revealed it was not a regular error, and that copying files to a
> HDD and playing showed they were corrupted.
Are you sure it's the drive, not the MP3 player or the sound driver or
something? is it actually corruption or just stuttering and skipping
caused by IDE timeouts? Are you getting corruption on data CDs, too?

-Greg Mildenhall