Re: tlug: CD burner

[simon@example.com (Simon Cozens)]

Ulrike Schmidt (lists.tlug):
>I am thinking of buying a CD burner and was wondering whether there are any
>limitations for use wiht Linux or any recommendations.

If you get an IDE one, things are, well, suboptimal.
You'd have to compile in support for IDE-SCSI emulation and then pretend
the thing's actually a SCSI drive. It works, but it's not fun. If you've
actually got a SCSI bus, things get easier, but of course, more
expensive.

I'm using a relatively bog-standard Mitsumi IDE 4x burner which was
about 170 pounds (28,000 Yen) when I bought it last year. Took me a
while to get it going in Linux the first time, but I set it up again the
other day and didn't have many problems with it.

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