[olug] Physical limits of CD Rom

[Daniel Linder]

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<quote who="Charles Bird">
> I'm making a (tool-box machine) with knoppix running off of cd rom. What
> I'd like some insite on is what you all think a generic cd rom would hold
> up to 6 to 10 inch drops for very long. Not while running of course.

I don't think any CD-Rom manufacturer is going to gurantee any lifetime
based on your requirements.  If these drops are only once a day, I'd think
yould get a few months of work out of it.  I'd be more concerned that the
CD will jump out of the tray and get wedged in the drive...  If you can
get a CDRom drive with the fingers that hold the CD that would help, or
you could look at one of the drives like laptops use which hold the CD by
the center hole.

Good luck on the project.  Too bad your budget wasn't a bit more flexible
- -- a 1GB Compact Flash card is getting quite reasonable now.  That would
be a nice replacement for the CD-Rom.

Dan

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