On Wed, 25 Jul 2001 17:12:57 -0400 Aaron Traas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have a question... Could someone please recommend a reliable IDE/ATAPI > CD-RW that works out-of-the-box with Debian? Like, something I could > just plug in and start burning. Also, I'd like one that isn't too picky > about different brands of media. The Ricoh in my Win98 box isn't that > reliable, and doesn't like Memorex and other common brands of CD-R > blanks. > > Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks in advance. I had a Philips CDRW800 and found that it would only burn a CD one time in around 8. Most annoying. I kept getting error messages to do with power calibration. I sold this drive and decided to go with a genuine SCSI CDRW - a suitable SCSI card costs very little, I have the Iwill SIDE-2930C which is fully supported by Linux. I bought a Yamaha 2100S, a 16x10x40 SCSI drive. I know you asked about IDE drives, but SCSI is certainly worth thinking about - you will find it altogether more reliable. I have a scanner and the CDRW plugged into my SCSI card. Initially, I found that I could only burn one CD, then all I got with subsequent burns was a loud, continuous static-like noise, unless I rebooted. I discovered that the drive didn't like cdrecord under Linux, but preferred cdrdao. Using cdrdao I now have a 100% reliable CDRW which writes to absolutely *anything*! I have tried the cheapest CDR disks I could find and still get good results. I use Gtoaster as the GUI front-end to cdrdao and grip as a ripper to ensure that when I record an audio CD I get a perfect copy. -- Phillip Deackes Using Progeny Debian Linux
