[TriLUG] Best Linux-supported CDRW?

[Andrew Perrin]

I just bought an HP SCSI CD-RW at overstock.com for about $60:

http://www.overstock.com/cgi-bin/d2.cgi?PAGE=PROFRAME&PROD_ID=52533

and it's working fine with no headaches in my debian machine. It is SCSI
though, so you'll need to have a SCSI card to use it.

ap

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On 14 Oct 2002, Jeremy Portzer wrote:

> On Mon, 2002-10-14 at 15:24, Lisa C. Boyd wrote:
> > I currently have an outdated CD-RW that's giving me problems. I'm
> > looking at buying a new one and want to make sure what I get is
> > compatible with Linux. I would love to be able to write DVDs eventually,
> > but right now just writing CDs once would be great :)
> > 
> > Do you have a favorite that has worked well? Or does it just depend on
> > how much money I want to spend on the speed?
> 
> Personally, I've had few problems with CD-RW's -- they're becoming more
> of a generic "commodity" type hardware now.  I've never heard of a
> modern CD-RW that isn't compatible with Linux, for example -- they're
> normally just generic IDE or SCSI devices.  If you already have a SCSI
> system, I would recommend SCSI for speed and reduction of CPU load, but
> it certainly isn't necessary.  SCSI devices also won't require the
> sometimes confusing kernel module setup that's necessary for writing to
> IDE burners, but SCSI is more expensive.
> 
> IDE CD-burners are "damn cheap" nowadays -- $49.99 for an off-brand, and
> $69.99 for a name brand, at Intrex.
> 
> I can't comment on burning DVDs -- the DVD-RAM and similar drives are
> still way too expensive for me, and so is the blank media.
> 
> --Jeremy
> 
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