----- Original Message ----- From: <AIRPLANEIT at aol.com> To: <tclug-list at mn-linux.org> Sent: Saturday, May 04, 2002 6:59 PM Subject: Re: [TCLUG] Buying a linux friendly laptop.... > I have a Toshiba 40x CDROM in my CompPC tower. It does the absolute exact > same things you describe. The patterns I've noticed are that if I keep a CD > in it at all times, then it's ok. But if I remove the CD, close the unit, > then open it to put a CD back in, about half the time it won't take. If I > open the drive, take a CD out, and immediately replace it with another CD, > then it will happily access that CD. This happens with CDROMs, CDRs, and > audio CDs. > > -Nick > must be good ol' fashioned toshiba engineering