Re: buying a cd writer

2003-04-02 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, Apr 02, 2003 at 07:14:26AM +0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > right? I have the impression that the "red" IDE connector is for > slow devices, while the blue connector is for bleeding-edge > devices, the numbers computer (re)sellers like to tack

Re: buying a cd writer

2003-04-02 Thread csj
On Sun, 30 Mar 2003 03:40:09 +0100, Pigeon wrote: > > On Sat, Mar 29, 2003 at 11:10:30PM +, Jonathan Matthews wrote: > > > > Is it the case (as a local PC shop assistant tried to > > convince me recently) that having the reader and burner on > > the same IDE interface means that copying CDs i

Re: buying a cd writer

2003-03-30 Thread Mike Dresser
On Sat, 29 Mar 2003, Joris Huizer wrote: > Hello Mike Dresser, > > Thank you for your reply - though I'd want to check - > is it this one you meant ? > http://www.liteonit.com/english/new_p_e/english--p-rw482448.htm > > I'm asking because the support section only talks > about Windows versions ...

Re: scsi emulation howto (was Re: buying a cd writer)

2003-03-30 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bob Hilliard wrote: Joris Huizer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Can anybody provide a howto on scsi emulation in Debian ? I'm using a 2.2.20 kernel and I hope I don't have to compile a hole new kernel for this scsi emulation; /usr/share/doc/HOWTO/en-txt/CD-Writing-HOWTO.gz deals with CD-writing, a

Re: scsi emulation howto (was Re: buying a cd writer)

2003-03-30 Thread Bob Hilliard
Joris Huizer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Can anybody provide a howto on scsi emulation in > Debian ? I'm using a 2.2.20 kernel and I hope I don't > have to compile a hole new kernel for this scsi > emulation; /usr/share/doc/HOWTO/en-txt/CD-Writing-HOWTO.gz deals with CD-writing, and in the proc

Re: buying a cd writer

2003-03-30 Thread Pigeon
On Sat, Mar 29, 2003 at 11:10:30PM +, Jonathan Matthews wrote: > > Is it the case (as a local PC shop assistant tried to convince me > recently) that having the reader and burner on the same IDE interface > means that copying CDs is faster? As though the reader can put the data > on the wi

Re: buying a cd writer

2003-03-30 Thread Paul Johnson
On Sat, Mar 29, 2003 at 09:43:37AM -0800, Joris Huizer wrote: > I have a simple question: which cd writer do you > people recommend to buy for use with Debian (and > windows 98) ? I can't give hardware recommendations for Windows98 (since Windows doesn't support as much hardware as Linux these da

Re: scsi emulation howto (was Re: buying a cd writer)

2003-03-30 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Joris Huizer wrote: Thanks ernst and everybody else who responded ! As I read it, I think I'll try the lite on 48x 24x 48x CD-RW Drive which is offered by the company where I bought this computer. You're note on scsi made me think I'll probably need that too - and I don't have it yet. I did a sear

scsi emulation howto (was Re: buying a cd writer)

2003-03-30 Thread Joris Huizer
Thanks ernst and everybody else who responded ! As I read it, I think I'll try the lite on 48x 24x 48x CD-RW Drive which is offered by the company where I bought this computer. You're note on scsi made me think I'll probably need that too - and I don't have it yet. I did a search on "scsi emulati

Re: buying a cd writer

2003-03-30 Thread cr
On Sunday 30 March 2003 05:43, Joris Huizer wrote: > Hello everybody, > > I have a simple question: which cd writer do you > people recommend to buy for use with Debian (and > windows 98) ? > > One thing I'm planning in short term is, downloading > Debian & burnig it on CDs > > > As I've had much c

Re: buying a cd writer

2003-03-29 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Sat, Mar 29, 2003 at 11:10:30PM +, Jonathan Matthews wrote: > On Sat, Mar 29, 2003 at 08:01:33PM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > [snip] > > Yes, agree, I have an old 12x lite on and a newer 40x. Works fine on > > both windoze and debian. I'm also useing a Plextor 48x, very nice. And a >

Re: buying a cd writer

2003-03-29 Thread Jonathan Matthews
On Sat, Mar 29, 2003 at 08:01:33PM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [snip] > Yes, agree, I have an old 12x lite on and a newer 40x. Works fine on > both windoze and debian. I'm also useing a Plextor 48x, very nice. And a > old Sony 12x and a Teac scsi 12x, also very nice. > > I'm useing scsi emul

Re: buying a cd writer

2003-03-29 Thread Alvin Oga
On Sat, 29 Mar 2003, Samat Jain wrote: > I think just about every modern IDE/ATAPI CD-RW works in Linux now, > through cdrecord and cdrdao's generic-mmc drivers. Again, always check > before buying. Many inexpensive drives available in the USA are remarked > Lite-On drives, which work great

Re: buying a cd writer

2003-03-29 Thread Samat Jain
I think just about every modern IDE/ATAPI CD-RW works in Linux now, through cdrecord and cdrdao's generic-mmc drivers. Again, always check before buying. Many inexpensive drives available in the USA are remarked Lite-On drives, which work great under Linux. One thing you will have trouble with

Re: buying a cd writer

2003-03-29 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Mike Dresser wrote: On Sat, 29 Mar 2003, Joris Huizer wrote: Hello everybody, I have a simple question: which cd writer do you people recommend to buy for use with Debian (and windows 98) ? I'm using a 48x lite-on that usually sells for 20-30 dollars after rebates. Works just fine except that

Re: buying a cd writer

2003-03-29 Thread Kirk Strauser
At 2003-03-29T17:43:37Z, Joris Huizer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I have a simple question: which cd writer do you people recommend to buy > for use with Debian (and windows 98) ? I bought a Samsung 32x burner for $60 - $10 "instant rebate" - $20 mail-in rebate = $30. It works wonderfully with

Re: buying a cd writer

2003-03-29 Thread Joris Huizer
Hello Mike Dresser, Thank you for your reply - though I'd want to check - is it this one you meant ? http://www.liteonit.com/english/new_p_e/english--p-rw482448.htm I'm asking because the support section only talks about Windows versions ... Thanks again, Joris --- Mike Dresser <[EMAIL PROTECT

Re: buying a cd writer

2003-03-29 Thread Mike Dresser
On Sat, 29 Mar 2003, Joris Huizer wrote: > Hello everybody, > > I have a simple question: which cd writer do you > people recommend to buy for use with Debian (and > windows 98) ? I'm using a 48x lite-on that usually sells for 20-30 dollars after rebates. Works just fine except that burn proof

buying a cd writer

2003-03-29 Thread Joris Huizer
Hello everybody, I have a simple question: which cd writer do you people recommend to buy for use with Debian (and windows 98) ? One thing I'm planning in short term is, downloading Debian & burnig it on CDs As I've had much compatibility probs, I decided I'd better ask to avoid them in this c