[H-GEN] dvds

[Mike Andrew]

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On Thu, 13 Jan 2000, staeci at yahoo.com wrote:
> >%_me is wanting to buy dvd drive to replace my aging 4x cdrom in my 
> linux box

there are NO problems directly replacing an IDE cd rom of any speed with a
dvd. Linux treats it as an atapi-cdrom drive. Music and files (from cd's)
work as before.

linux kernel 2.4 series due for release witll support dvd and my memory is
that the  dev kernel s2.3.43+ ?? supports it (or is that usb)

But, the issue for you is 4x. In my world that means it's connected to a
sound card port. There, you have problems. No true ide device will work
on that psuedo ide port, it's butchered.

The long answer for you is check first that your machine can accept another
'slave' device on your primary or secondary ide channels. If you have a
486, forget the whole excercise. That cpu will never have enough scrunch to
process the mp3 and other signals from a dvd - rom.

There are of course, hardware dvd solutions to playing film and sound from
them, involving the addition of a pci-card,  but you will get caught in a
muddle as to whether linux will support that specific card.

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