I am doing the IDE/IDE thing. If you already have a SCSI controller, you could go for that. I have had no problems; just compile SCSI-IDE emulation support into the kernel so that both your IDE cdroms will speak scsi.
Somebody mentioned CPU usage. I don't see why this should matter, I don't touch my system while it is burning. It is not suggested to do any IDE intensive use such as extracting and compiling a kernel. Is SCSI all that much faster for burning? I have a 40x CD-ROM and a HP 7200i CD-RW. On 05-Jul-99 Stephen Pitts wrote: > On Sun, Jul 04, 1999 at 05:52:47PM -0400, Alec Smith wrote: >> I'm looking into getting a CD-RW drive to go along with my Debian system. >> I'm looking at the following possible combinations. >> >> 1. SCSI CD-ROM and SCSI CD-RW >> 2. IDE CD-ROM and SCSI CD-RW >> 3. SCSI CD-ROM and IDE CD-RW >> 4. IDE CD-ROM and IDE CD-RW >> >> The cheapest option would be the IDE/IDE combo. Would an IDE CD-RW be >> easily used in Debian? Also, which drives are recommended? I'm more >> interested in burning CD-R discs than the ReWrite capabilities. >> >> >> >> -- >> Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < >> /dev/null >> >> >> > I've got an HP 8100i and another Creative Labs CD-ROM and it works > great! I've had better burning experiences in Linux than in > Windows; windows has given me several golden frisbies. > The xcdroast program provides a nice, clean interface > to burn CDs. > -- > Stephen Pitts > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > webmaster - http://www.mschess.org > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < > /dev/null ----------------------------- | Wim Kerkhoff | | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | www.canadianhomes.net/wim | -----------------------------
