On Sat, 2002-09-21 at 09:07, linuxdan wrote: > HI_VAL is the Brand and yes its very compatible with Linux because of the > drivers associate better for it under the UNIX/LINUX platform than WINTEL > machines.
Well the thing about the ATAPI (IDE) burners and SCSI burners is that they are generally standardized in such a way that in most cases you don't need additional drivers in order to use them. I think the individual burning programs are "aware" of many individual models and their capabilities, but Linux doesn't have or need this information because you select the burning options manually when using mkisofs. In other words, I *think* any ATAPI burner will work in Linux just because they are standardized, kind of like you can use any hard drive or CD-ROM without additional drivers. Somebody please correct me if I'm wrong.