On Fri, May 27, 2005 at 01:38:29PM +0200, Olaf Greve wrote: > > Either way: I personally like that separation as well. I have another > good Adaptec SCSI controller, but I think it's a bit a pity to > 'sacrifice' that just for a DVD burner (it's currently installed in a > machine I have specifically set-up as MySQL database stress tester). :P > > Hmmm, I wonder what good ATA options there are... Otherwise, I guess > I'll simply have to add another SCSI controller.
Most of what you need is already in the GENERIC kernel. The rest is a available as modules. IIRC, you have to load the cam.ko module. Just use the ATAPI DVD burner via CAM. AFAICT it's very stable. I haven't burnt a coaster yet. An SCSI DVD burner is bound to be more expensive. Roland -- R.F.Smith (http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/) Please send e-mail as plain text. public key: http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/pubkey.txt
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