Re: [gentoo-user] DVD burner and Linux

2004-02-06 Thread Christian Herzyk
on a video DVD player, others can't. From: Andrew Gaffney [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2004/02/05 Thu AM 03:49:14 GMT To: Gentoo User [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [gentoo-user] DVD burner and Linux I'm thinking of buying a DVD burner (for data backup, of course). I'm looking for one that is compatible

Re: [gentoo-user] DVD burner and Linux

2004-02-06 Thread Andrew Gaffney
DVDs and can be played on a video DVD player, others can't. From: Andrew Gaffney [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2004/02/05 Thu AM 03:49:14 GMT To: Gentoo User [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [gentoo-user] DVD burner and Linux I'm thinking of buying a DVD burner (for data backup, of course). I'm looking

Re: [gentoo-user] DVD burner and Linux

2004-02-06 Thread lukas
On Thursday 05 February 2004 04:49, Andrew Gaffney wrote: Can anyone recommend a decent drive that would retail for =$150 and is compatible with everything else? IDE interface is a must as I don't have SCSI. I'm using a NEC ND2500 -/+RW DVD 8x writer (price about ¤140-¤150) It's running

Re: [gentoo-user] DVD burner and Linux

2004-02-06 Thread Brett I. Holcomb
Thank you for the detailed answer. That clears up a lot of things. I still have a boat anchor that only writes DVD RAM G. Christian Herzyk wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Good questions Andrew. I want to see the answers, too. I have done some research and found I'm stuck with one that

Re: [gentoo-user] DVD burner and Linux

2004-02-05 Thread Erik S. Johansen
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thursday 05 February 2004 05:49, Andrew Gaffney wrote: I'm thinking of buying a DVD burner (for data backup, of course). I'm looking for one that is compatible with Linux, although, I assume they are just like CD-RW drives in that respect. I'm

Re: [gentoo-user] DVD burner and Linux

2004-02-05 Thread Gregory P. Smith
On Wed, Feb 04, 2004 at 09:49:14PM -0600, Andrew Gaffney wrote: I'm thinking of buying a DVD burner (for data backup, of course). I'm looking for one that is compatible with Linux, although, I assume they are just like CD-RW drives in that respect. I'm confused about which one of the

Re: [gentoo-user] DVD burner and Linux

2004-02-05 Thread brettholcomb
, others can't. From: Andrew Gaffney [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2004/02/05 Thu AM 03:49:14 GMT To: Gentoo User [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [gentoo-user] DVD burner and Linux I'm thinking of buying a DVD burner (for data backup, of course). I'm looking for one that is compatible with Linux

[gentoo-user] DVD burner and Linux

2004-02-04 Thread Andrew Gaffney
I'm thinking of buying a DVD burner (for data backup, of course). I'm looking for one that is compatible with Linux, although, I assume they are just like CD-RW drives in that respect. I'm confused about which one of the umpteen different types of DVD recordable/rewritable media/drives are the

Re: [gentoo-user] DVD burner and Linux

2004-02-04 Thread Mark Knecht
On Wed, 2004-02-04 at 19:49, Andrew Gaffney wrote: I'm thinking of buying a DVD burner (for data backup, of course). I'm looking for one that is compatible with Linux, although, I assume they are just like CD-RW drives in that respect. As far as I know, yes they are. I'm confused about

Re: [gentoo-user] DVD burner and Linux

2004-02-04 Thread Chris Bare
I'm confused about which one of the umpteen different types of DVD recordable/rewritable media/drives are the most compatible with existing drives and DVD players. I think its something like DVD-++--+--+R++-W+ ;) The last report I saw (probably a year ago) said that DVD-R played in more