Interesting idea. I do not have access to a desktop, but all I really need is a backup medium. Perhaps I should look into other things (tape drives?). What do you guys use for computer backups? Preferably cheap. CD burning attracts me because a) CD-R are dirt cheap b) Most other computers have a CD-ROM drive c) Many useful things are made with CDs in mind (one example are Linux ISO's) d) MP3/cdda audio capabilities, and VCD/SVCD capabilities (good for stuff chugged off usenet :) e) You probably know more stuff to put here. CDs as a storage medium are very appealing.
Alex Eric Irrgang wrote: > I just went through this with someone else... Perhaps you need to > reevaluate your needs. Do you really need to be able to burn CDs from a > laptop or can you just do it from a desktop? Would some other portable > storage solution work? The firewire and USB harddrives are great and a > good deal if all you need to do is shuttle data around. > > On Mon, 26 Aug 2002, Alexander Boulgakov wrote: > > >>Ahem. $199 for the Adaptec 1480, plus ~100-150 for an external scsi. >>This is kind of steep. Any other suggestions? (Pinch a penny till the >>buffalo farts...) OTOH, "you get what you pay for." Perhaps this is a >>good investments after all. >> >>Thanks! >>Alex >> >>Patrick Lang wrote: >> >>>Any Teac or Plextor would be great. Hypermicro.com has all the goods, >>>they specialize in highend storage and have good prices. SCSI's >>>expensive but it won't ever let you down ;) >>> >>>Also, I don't know about firewire cdrw's in linux, but they've been >>>reliable on Macs from what I've heard. I think the popular FW->IDE >>>chipset Oxford 911 works under Linux. This could end up being about >>>half the cost of SCSI. >>> >>>Patrick >>> >>>On Mon, 2002-08-26 at 12:02, Alexander Boulgakov wrote: >>> >>> >>>>Fine. So Adaptec 1480 is a CardBus<->SCSI adapter. Which SCSI burner do >>>>you recommend to go along with that? >>>> >>>>Alex >>>> >>>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>>Get a cardbus SCSI card and external burner if you want reliability. Just my >>>>>2c... >>>>> >>>>>I recently sold my 16x ide burner and went back to my SCSI 6x burner, it writes >>>>>better and more reliably with audio. >>>>> >>>>>Its not exactly the cheapest, Adaptec 1480's run $120+, but they do work with >>>>>Linux. >>>>> >>>>>Patrick >>>>> >>>>>Quoting Alexander Boulgakov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>>I have an older laptop, only USB (1.1 only I think, but I heard USB2.0 >>>>>> >>>>>>is backwards compatible) and PCMCIA ports avalable. I want to get a CD >>>>>> >>>>>>burner, and, as far as I can tell, PCMCIA doesn't provide enough bus >>>>>>bandwidth to burn reliably (I have 32 bit, though, so I don't know about >>>>>> >>>>>>that). USB seems to be fine, and so I am aiming for a USB based burner. >>>>>> >>>>>>I looked on some sites about USB burners under Linux, and the best one >>>>>> >>>>>>seemed to be HP CD Writer 8290. Some other ones that work well were I/O >>>>>> >>>>>>Magic MagicWriter and Iomega External 4x4x6x CD-RW, Phillips >>>>>>CDRW400,Plextor PX-W2410TU. I am not concerned about having a fast one >>>>>> >>>>>>-- my main criteria are price and /reliability/. Any suggestions or >>>>>>experiences appreciated. >>>>>> >>>>>>Alex >>>>>> >>>>>>_______________________________________________ >>>>>>Siglinux mailing list >>>>>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>>>>http://www.utacm.org/mailman/listinfo/siglinux >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>_______________________________________________ >>>>Siglinux mailing list >>>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>>http://www.utacm.org/mailman/listinfo/siglinux >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >>_______________________________________________ >>Siglinux mailing list >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>http://www.utacm.org/mailman/listinfo/siglinux >> > > _______________________________________________ Siglinux mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.utacm.org/mailman/listinfo/siglinux
