FWIW over a year ago I purchased a Memorex DVD dual+-format double layer external usb/firewire recorder, has been working with SL4 and SL5, playing movies and recording backups onto data DVD's.
DVD+r/-r: 16x write DVD+R9 (dual-layer) 4x write DVD+RW/-RW 4x rewrite DVD-ROM 16x read CD-R 48x write CD-RW 24x rewrite CD-ROM 48x read hi-speed usb 2.0, firewire Part #3202 3288 Dan W. On Fri, Jul 27, 2007 at 05:39:36PM -0700, Michael Hannon wrote: > Hi, folks. We're in the market for an external DVD writer with a USB > interface that works with Scientific Linux. This could be SL 3, 4, or > 5. The format doesn't much matter either, i.e., +R, -R, +RW, -RW. Some > of the guys here just want to dump some data. > > If you have any recommendations (positive or negative) about such > devices, please let me know. > > Thanks. > > - Mike > -- > Michael Hannon mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Dept. of Physics 530.752.4966 > University of California 530.752.4717 FAX > Davis, CA 95616-8677