Re: [expert] CD Burners

2003-01-21 Thread Michal 'hramrach' Suchanek
On Fri, Jan 17, 2003 at 12:09:05PM -0700, KevinO wrote: I have had some problems with some of the cheaper ones. ( A Que made me jump through a few hoops to get it to work.) Yamaha drives always work. I have installed several. They make very fast readers/rippers also ;-) I have a Yamaha F1

Re: [expert] CD Burners

2003-01-20 Thread Lyvim Xaphir
On Sat, 2003-01-18 at 06:01, Olaf Marzocchi wrote: I would suggest a cd burner able to write even 100 minutes cd (850 MB). LGs can do this and they can even write every type of data (I mean: in win, with cd-clone, they can copy every cd). Does exist a linux app able to do the same work of

Re: [expert] CD Burners

2003-01-20 Thread Lyvim Xaphir
On Fri, 2003-01-17 at 11:00, Ric Tibbetts wrote: All; I'm going to put a new (IDE) CD Burner in my PC (Mdk 9.0). Any suggestions on a good one, that is known to have good compatability, and ease of install? Thanks! Ric If you have any plans at all to make backup copies of

Re: [expert] CD Burners

2003-01-19 Thread Mark
On Sat, 2003-01-18 at 22:01, Olaf Marzocchi wrote: I would suggest a cd burner able to write even 100 minutes cd (850 MB). LGs can do this and they can even write every type of data (I mean: in win, with cd-clone, they can copy every cd). Does exist a linux app able to do the same work of

Re: [expert] CD Burners

2003-01-18 Thread Olaf Marzocchi
I would suggest a cd burner able to write even 100 minutes cd (850 MB). LGs can do this and they can even write every type of data (I mean: in win, with cd-clone, they can copy every cd). Does exist a linux app able to do the same work of CD-Clone? I miss it. Thanks Olaf At 07.56 18/01/2003,

Re: [expert] CD Burners

2003-01-18 Thread flacycads
I got a CenDyne (Lite-ON) 48x12x48 burner at Office Max for $39 after rebates. There are lots of these type deals at BestBuy, Office Depot, etc., on several brands. I've never had a problem in Mandrake 9.0 in the months since I got it. What a deal! Robert Crawford On Saturday 18 January 2003

Re: [expert] CD Burners

2003-01-18 Thread Ric Tibbetts
All; Thanks for all the suggestions. I'm feeling confident now that I can pretty much get what's on sale, and it will probably work. Although, I will probably stick with a name brand, just for my own piece of mind. Ric On Fri, Jan 17, 2003 at 09:16:23PM -0800, Michael Noble wrote: I have used

Re: [expert] CD Burners

2003-01-18 Thread et
Suggestion... OK... find a burner with as much cache ram as possible (where have we heard that advice before,,, and not about CDburners only) On Saturday 18 January 2003 11:05 am, Ric Tibbetts wrote: All; Thanks for all the suggestions. I'm feeling confident now that I can pretty much get

Re: [expert] CD Burners

2003-01-18 Thread Tibbetts, Ric
You can never have too much memory, or too much dasd. Ric et wrote: Suggestion... OK... find a burner with as much cache ram as possible (where have we heard that advice before,,, and not about CDburners only) On Saturday 18 January 2003 11:05 am, Ric Tibbetts wrote: All; Thanks for all the

[expert] CD Burners

2003-01-17 Thread Ric Tibbetts
All; I'm going to put a new (IDE) CD Burner in my PC (Mdk 9.0). Any suggestions on a good one, that is known to have good compatability, and ease of install? Thanks! Ric Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [expert] CD Burners

2003-01-17 Thread et
On Friday 17 January 2003 11:00 am, Ric Tibbetts wrote: All; I'm going to put a new (IDE) CD Burner in my PC (Mdk 9.0). Any suggestions on a good one, that is known to have good compatability, and ease of install? Thanks! Ric they all work about the same IMHO Want to buy your

Re: [expert] CD Burners

2003-01-17 Thread Ric Tibbetts
On Fri, Jan 17, 2003 at 11:04:28AM -0500, et wrote: On Friday 17 January 2003 11:00 am, Ric Tibbetts wrote: All; I'm going to put a new (IDE) CD Burner in my PC (Mdk 9.0). Any suggestions on a good one, that is known to have good compatability, and ease of install? Thanks!

Re: Re: [expert] CD Burners

2003-01-17 Thread Chuck Burns
On Fri, January 17 2003 10:20 am, Ric Tibbetts wrote: No strong compatability, reliability, installtion issues to watch for? I've installed SCSI burners before, and they just dropped in, and worked. I guess I'm hoping for the same from and IDE. (I've always installed Yamahas in the past.. Been

Re: [expert] CD Burners

2003-01-17 Thread KevinO
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I have had some problems with some of the cheaper ones. ( A Que made me jump through a few hoops to get it to work.) Yamaha drives always work. I have installed several. They make very fast readers/rippers also ;-) KevinO Ric Tibbetts wrote: On

Re: [expert] CD Burners

2003-01-17 Thread Ron Stodden
Ric Tibbetts wrote: I'm going to put a new (IDE) CD Burner in my PC (Mdk 9.0). Any suggestions on a good one, that is known to have good compatability, and ease of install? Plextor has the best name in the business, Sony the worst. -- Ron. [Melbourne, Australia] 20030106 updates now

Re: [expert] CD Burners

2003-01-17 Thread Ronald J. Hall
On Friday 17 January 2003 02:09 pm, KevinO wrote: I have had some problems with some of the cheaper ones. ( A Que made me jump through a few hoops to get it to work.) Yamaha drives always work. I have installed several. They make very fast readers/rippers also ;-) KevinO Plextor is also a

Re: [expert] CD Burners

2003-01-17 Thread Jordan Elver
Plextor is also a good brand. I've used one here through several versions of Mandrake...well, it is SCSI though. Plextor 16/10/40A here, never had any touble with it. -- Jordan Elver I thought I could see the light at the end of the tunnel, but it was just some b*stard with a torch, bringing

Re: [expert] CD Burners

2003-01-17 Thread Mark Williamson
On Sat, 2003-01-18 at 03:00, Ric Tibbetts wrote: All; I'm going to put a new (IDE) CD Burner in my PC (Mdk 9.0). Any suggestions on a good one, that is known to have good compatability, and ease of install? The IDE burners work great.. about my only comment try to get one with Burnproof,

Re: [expert] CD Burners

2003-01-17 Thread Ric Tibbetts
snip Just a little note, Mandrake generally does not install does not setup the CD-writer automatically on a current system running Mandrake system.. (It does setup the CD-writer if you reinstall your Mandrake, but that's not necessary)The Instructions on

Re: [expert] CD Burners

2003-01-17 Thread Michael Noble
I have used LiteOn and Sony IDE both went in without any problems. The system sees them as scsi devices. Mike On Fri, 2003-01-17 at 08:00, Ric Tibbetts wrote: All; I'm going to put a new (IDE) CD Burner in my PC (Mdk 9.0). Any suggestions on a good one, that is known to have good

Re: [expert] CD Burners

2003-01-17 Thread James Sparenberg
Hey I'm cheap I've got a (then) 89 buck Asus CDRW that has worked from 8.0 forward without so much as a burp On the High end Plextor seems to work solid as heck. James On Fri, 2003-01-17 at 08:00, Ric Tibbetts wrote: All; I'm going to put a new (IDE) CD Burner in my PC (Mdk 9.0). Any