Re: [Sheflug] cd-burner

["Richard Stevenson" <nospam [at] adv.net.nz>]

On 11 Jul 2000, at 8:30, Peter Smith wrote:

> I am going to buy a cd-burner, ide or scsi , I wondered if yu had any tips
> as to which of the many work best with linux. 

Check out the documentation for the software you're going to use.  The 
author of cdrecord has some interesting things to say about the Linux SCSI 
subsystem (like the API, such as it is, is a mess <g>).  I'd always pick a 
SCSI writer, and found a Sony 926 (I think - cdrecord used an internal 924S 
driver for it, but it definitely wasn't a 924S) very reliable - the only 
coasters I made where the result of a bad image (a friend made a Red Hat 
iso image, and forgot to set the right file modes...).  I don't think 
you'll find any of them around now, though :-(

Cheers

Richard
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