I have a USB burner,, have yet to fire it up in linux, but I think I can get
it going, particularly when I upgrade in a couple of months.. the burner has
a 4mb cache to make buffer underruns less of a problem,, and the drive is
really just a ide drive hooked up to a IDE to USB interface card. works
great in windows, and I think I won't have to much trouble when mdk 8 is on
the system, from what I have read anyway..
The USBdrive is fantastic in windows, and great because I can burn from my
laptop, or any of my servers, just by plugging it in... great for backups...
Frank Hauptle
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Gerry
Sent: Monday, 5 March 2001 10:32 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [newbie] USB CDRW
> I am debating to get a usb CDRW or get the IDE interior drive. I have two
> questions:
> 1. How do I get my LM7.2 system to recognize the USB Burner
> 2. Any advice on which is the better buy...interior or exterior?
I don't think cd-writing on usb is a terribly good idea.. Could be wrong
though :)
> 3. What are the speeds 4x4x6...vs....8x4x32, etc relative to....I am
> having trouble
> understanding how to judge relative speed....is a 4x4x6 fast enough ?
The first number is write-speed (cd-r), the second is rewrite-speed (cd-rw),
the third is read speed. 1x is the "normal" cd-speed, which is about 300
kps,
or 74 min to burn 74 min of music/650 mb data. Mulitply the speed by those
numbers. Ie. 4x4x6 means 1200 kps for both writing modes, which means about
18 min to burn a full cd. Reading would be at 1800 kps.
Keep in mind that your system must be able to feed the writer with data at
that speed (normally not a problem, but stranger things have happened),
unless it has burn-proof technology (pause writing on buffer underruns).
Gerry
