USB CD Burners?
Has anyone here had any good results with any USB CD burners running under Linux? I'm hoping to pick one up soon, but the online documentation as to what works and what doesn't is kind of scarce. I'm looking for something under $100 preferably, with backward compatibility to USB1.1. Any thoughts, suggestions or ideas? Thanks, Brian -- --- | [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.hirebrian.net | | IT/MIS Manager - 6 Yrs Experience - Contract or Permanent | | Self-taught, Fast Learner, and Team Player | |Ready to Start TODAY at Your Company.| --- ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Re: USB CD Burners?
On Sat, Apr 02, 2005 at 10:46:21AM -0500, Brian Chabot wrote: > Has anyone here had any good results with any USB CD burners running > under Linux? Well, I have an HP dvd630e USB DVD burner that I'm quite happy with... FWIW it's about twice what you're looking to spend, but I think it's worth the extra money to get the DVD burner. Huge amounts of data, fast fast fast. And it burns CDs too, if that's all you really want. > I'm hoping to pick one up soon, but the online documentation as to what > works and what doesn't is kind of scarce. In theory, any drive should work fine, since they all pretty much just implement SCSI over USB. That's well supported in the Linux kernel. But as with everything else, YMMV. -- Derek D. Martinhttp://www.pizzashack.org/ GPG Key ID: 0xDFBEAD02 -=-=-=-=- This message is posted from an invalid address. Replying to it will result in undeliverable mail. Sorry for the inconvenience. Thank the spammers. pgpzwXLrW2YNb.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: USB CD Burners?
Derek Martin wrote: .. FWIW it's about twice what you're looking to spend, but I think it's worth the extra money to get the DVD burner. Huge amounts of data, fast fast fast. And it burns CDs too, if that's all you really want. It probably would be worth it, but alas, I'm cash strapped till I get a real job. In theory, any drive should work fine, since they all pretty much just implement SCSI over USB. That's well supported in the Linux kernel. But as with everything else, YMMV. That's what I was hoping for, but I've had bad luck with no-name internal burners before. My "COMBO-52X16" DVD/CDRW won't detect the presense of a blank disk. Probably just needs a firmware update, but I'm too lazy to pull it out of my desktop to get the actual manufacturer name. At least with a USB drive I can lug it to a Windows PC and run any needed firmware updates. I was thinking of getting a cheap LaCie, MadDog Multimedia, or Hi-Val drive. They're running under $70 at CompUSA... Brian -- --- | [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.hirebrian.net | | IT/MIS Manager - 6 Yrs Experience - Contract or Permanent | | Self-taught, Fast Learner, and Team Player | |Ready to Start TODAY at Your Company.| --- ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Re: USB CD Burners?
Derek Martin wrote: .. FWIW it's about twice what you're looking to spend, but I think it's worth the extra money to get the DVD burner. Huge amounts of data, fast fast fast. And it burns CDs too, if that's all you really want. It probably would be worth it, but alas, I'm cash strapped till I get a real job. In theory, any drive should work fine, since they all pretty much just implement SCSI over USB. That's well supported in the Linux kernel. But as with everything else, YMMV. That's what I was hoping for, but I've had bad luck with no-name internal burners before. My "COMBO-52X16" DVD/CDRW won't detect the presense of a blank disk. Probably just needs a firmware update, but I'm too lazy to pull it out of my desktop to get the actual manufacturer name. At least with a USB drive I can lug it to a Windows PC and run any needed firmware updates. I was thinking of getting a cheap LaCie, MadDog Multimedia, or Hi-Val drive. They're running under $70 at CompUSA... Brian -- --- | [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.hirebrian.net | | IT/MIS Manager - 6 Yrs Experience - Contract or Permanent | | Self-taught, Fast Learner, and Team Player | |Ready to Start TODAY at Your Company.| --- ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
