On Thu, Aug 20, 1998 at 02:04:41AM -0700, Dan Hugo wrote: > I am thinking about getting a CD-RW drive to archive things, and maybe > even to maintain an up-to-date Debian CD set. > Does anyone have any experience with these drives?
I have no experience with CD-RW, but do own a CD-R... > Or, I could get a CD-R drive, about which there is much more info (I > read through the CD-ROM/CD-writing HOWTOs, and a list of compatible > drives, but it was mostly CD-R biased). I have an internal SCSI Plextor PlexWriter 4/12 CD-R. Works great, first burn was perfect. It was easy to setup and use, as far as following the Linux CD-R Howto. I'd say you really can't go wrong with CD-R. I know the CD-RW discs are significantly more expensive than plain old CD-R. I've seen CD-R discs given away for free with rebate deals and such. And CD-RW discs seem to run at over $15 a pop (US). Whichever you decide on, R or RW, and if you go SCSI, make sure your cable has the correct number of pins. I got mine, realized the burner was a 50 pin male, and my cable was a 68 pin male. I had to just look at my burner for a week while I waited on the order of my adapter. Good luck!
