Re: tlug: CD Writer

[Scott Stone <sstone@example.com>]

On Mon, 18 May 1998, Michael Chiu wrote:

> 
> On Mon, 18 May 1998 15:31:29 +0900
> Domenico Carlucci <mimmo@example.com> wrote:
> 
> > Hi, 
> > 
> > I would lik eto buy a CD writer for my laptop.
> > Could you please suggest me some models?
> > 
> > thank you 
> > Domenico Carlucci 
> > 

The HP burners work well with Linux, as do the Yamahas.  I have a 4x
Yamaha writer right now for making our Linux oneoffs, and that works
really well.  Just be careful writing CDs from a laptop, ie, leave the
computer completely alone while you're doing it.  PCMCIA =~ ISA, which
isn't terribly fast.

> 
> I haven't tried using it with Linux yet, so if anyone has any comments,
> please let me know, but at least for my Windoze system, I like using the
> Ricoh 6200S CD-RW... It has burned just about any kind of CD I have ever
> wanted without fail (unless it was on my part)... audio, data,
> Playstation (yes, I am only making backups! <evil grin>)
> 
> Mikio
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