-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Friday 02 January 2004 7:00 am, Angus Auld wrote: > Hi everyone, > I wonder, can anyone here give me any feedback on either the > LG 52X CDRW 8525BB, or the Aopen 52X CDRW 5232 drives? > Are these drives OK with Mandrake 9.2? I think the LG CDRW's > are OK (according to LG), but what about the Aopen? I am > currently using 9.1, but want to move to 9.2. > > I realize both of these drives are el-cheapo units, since I can get > either of them for $47 Can, but I don't want to spend a lot of cash > on this Dell of mine. I want to hopefully upgrade my system soon, > but I would like to get a burner to use now. > > TIA for any help/feedback on this. > Best regards. > > --Angus
#cdrecord -atip dev=0,0,0 <snip authors message> scsidev: '0,0,0' scsibus: 0 target: 0 lun: 0 Linux sg driver version: 3.1.25 Using libscg version 'schily-0.7' Device type : Removable CD-ROM Version : 0 Response Format: 1 Vendor_info : ' ' Identifikation : '52X24X52 CD-RW ' Revision : '1.07' Device seems to be: Generic CD-ROM. Using generic SCSI-3/mmc CD-R/CD-RW driver (mmc_cdr). Driver flags : MMC-3 SWABAUDIO BURNFREE FORCESPEED Supported modes: TAO PACKET SAO SAO/R96P SAO/R96R RAW/R96R <snip ATIP info from disk> It isn't quite the A-Open model you asked about Angus but probably "close enough for guvmint work." It was only CDN$39.95 at CostCo, and was a gift. I've used both drives in systems I've assembled for people, just update the firmware to the latest if needed; some of these drives will have been on the shelf for quite some time. You should be good to go. I'm burning the latest cooker snapshot to a CD-RW as I finish typing this. Never any trouble at all since I finally made time to install the drive. Regards; Charlie - -- Edmonton,AB,Canada User #244963 at http://counter.li.org Mandrake Linux release 9.2 (FiveStar) for i586 kernel 2.4.22-21.tmb.1mdk 10:48:49 up 12 days, 20:38, 1 user, load average: 0.25, 0.13, 0.10 The pollution's at that awkward stage. Too thick to navigate and too thin to cultivate. -- Doug Sneyd -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/9bS8ZqvqlrLPr5YRAlbkAJ4jC565QFqRi/DX/nemC58sBzP94wCfaViU n8vubGhgEwG5NuhCw6sK6pc= =swY9 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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