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DVD R/W et. al.



Quoting Jerry Feldman <gaf at blu.org>:

> I have an older SCSI CD-R in my system, but under the 2.6 kernel, my SCSI 
> card is no longer supported. Since this is my only remaining SCSI device, I 
> was thinking of getting a DVD writer. 
> 
> I haven't researched them, but I would like some personal opinions of what 
> successes or failures you might have had. I'd probably get an IDE drive. 

For $50 from NewEgg you can get an ATAPI DVD multi-writer..  It supports
CDRW/DVD-R/DVD+R/DVD+R DL (8.5GB!)..  Not a bad deal, IMHO.  It's the NEC 3250A
(IIRC), and I'm 99% sure it works just fine on Linux.

-derek

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