On 10:37, Thu 08 Dec 05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Maybe I forgot to hit send yesterday.... > > I was wondering what experience - good or bad - people had had with > USB DVD burners. > > In principal they should be easy, but in reality? > > Any info much appreciated. > -- > |Deryk Barker, Computer Science Dept. | Music does not have to be understood| > |Camosun College, Victoria, BC, Canada| It has to be listened to. | > |email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | > |phone: +1 250 370 4452 | Hermann Scherchen. |
I have had no problems with usb dvd burners, just make sure you include all the proper usb modules in your kernel. Also I would suggest you make your own, as most usb dvd burners are not know as the best burners in their class. For example a good internal burner can be had for 50 dollars, and good encloser can go for about the same. The cheapest external usb burner was going for 120-150 range and up. In the end it was cheaper to build my own, and I got to choose the encloser. I choose the vantec stealth line, which does not need an power adapter. It has it built in, so all you need is a standard powercord, and it also has a little fan to cool the drive. Also you can get, a firewire enclosure which should be faster then usb2. I know that they are both rated about the same speed, but from other threads people have seen a slight increase in speed. One thing about usb is your probably not going to get super fast burns, as you would with sata, or ide, so if you think you can burn 16x dvd +-rw what not, your probably not going to get that. Also if you plug, replug you drive into the machine you might need to keep track of what the kernel assigns to the drive. Sometimes you get a device number change, which might affect your backup scripts. The nice thing about building your own, is you can always upgrade to another drive. Just take out the old one and put it in a system, then get a new faster drive. With oem usb burners, you might not be able to do that. Also their is the question of firmware upgrading, with a homebuilt solution you should not have the problem. I have been able to upgrade my firmware without any problems. But then again it might be the choice of the dvd-burner I choose which was very popular at the time and has good support. Give it a shot you will probably like the results, I did and I use mine all the time, very happy. Gnu_Raiz -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
