[ltp] CD-ROM speed

[Ignacio Fernández Galván]

ben, 08-06-2005:

> I have an R40, 2897gwu.  In the BIOS, there's an option under Power
> called "CD-ROM speed", with options of something like "High",
> "Normal", and "Silent".
>
> "Silent" does in fact operate the DVD drive silently.  Since I don't
> own a TV let alone a DVD player, I use this for watching movies, and
> "Silent" is very nice.
>
> Is there any way to control that without rebooting?

There is a little program out there called "setcd" which allows this. For  
example, "setcd -x 8" works nicely for listening to mp3's in a CD.

		
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