I had a Ricoh RW9120A cdrw/dvd that was compatible with linux. However mine
only worked for like two days. I ended up having to send it back. Anyway,
the answer to your question is, yes it's compatible. (The dvd is the easy
part, just make a link from /dev/cdrom to /dev/dvd.)
-s
On Thursday 21 June 2001 09:49 am, you wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> I have seen some mails on RICOH CD writers in the newbie archive but none
> for this specific model: RICOH MP9120A-DP. Also, RICOH's websites do not
> seem to mention Linux anywhere. The LHD says that older models are
> compatible. Still, has anyone got any experience with this DVD-CD-Rom
> drive? I am not necessarily interested in getting DVD to work, I will need
> the cd writer mainly to backup data.
>
> Any comments are very appreciated,
> Norman
