[ILUG] DVD install

[Gavin McCullagh]

On Fri, 23 Nov 2001, Paul Kelly wrote:

> Gavin McCullagh wrote:
> 
> > No DVD or CDROM would be as fast as an IDE Hard
> > disk in data throughput terms
> 
> 
> Why not? Some CDROM drives can sustain over 10MBytes/sec - chances are 
> that's faster than a hard disk you'll find in a P200.

Fair enough I suppose.  Although 10MB/sec has gotta be a pretty flash CDROM
drive (I did assume it's IDE given the system).  Either way the system is
not likely to be cased a problem by a drive being too quick, it simply
won't use the full potential.

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CREATIVE 52X READER EIDE BLASTER CD

SYSTEM AND OTHER REQUIREMENTS
- * 100 MHZ PENTIUM(R) OR HIGHER PROCESSOR FOR UP TO 7200KB/SECOND
DATA TRANSFER RATE (WILL RUN ON A 486DX2-66 MHZ WITH REDUCED
THROUGHPUT)
- * 8 MB RAM
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Gavin