Brian Sullivan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I have been using the Pioneer S201 DVD-R drive with > the cdrecord (pro) software. To date, the drive and > the software have performed flawlessly. I am using the > drive and cdrecord for the long term archival of data > files on my linux servers, I am just making a big ISO > file with mkisofs and burning it with cdrecord. As I > am just using the DVD-R drive for the storage of a > normal linux file system I don't need to be using the > DVD-R Authoring media which is much more expensive > than the DVD-R General media (about $15 a disc > compared to under $10). Since I will be archiving > literally thousands and thousands of discs the cost > savings of switch media is huge. The problem is that > the S201 drive only supports Authoring media. > Pioneer's new DVD-R A03 (~$700) drive supports General > media but this is an ATAPI interface drive, not SCSI > like the S201. So my idea was to try an IDE to SCSI > converter (SCSIDE) on the A03. Has anyone done this > successfully with a drive and cdrecord? Does anyone > see any potential problems with this solution (or have > a different one)?
Does you want SCSI converter because your system only support SCSI or any other reason ? I am burning DVD image on linux with this Pioneer A03 with the ide-scsi linux kernel emulation, and everything works fine. -- Warly -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
