[H-GEN] CD burner for Linux

[Tony Nugent]

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On Tue Mar 11 2003 at 16:02, Mark Corben wrote:

>   I want to add in a cd burner to my current Pentium II system (running
> SuSe 8.0) but am having trouble verifying what current CD burners on the
> market are OK for Linux use.

As far as I am aware, if they are "standard", then they _all_ work
with linux.

All scsi burners will work out of the box.

At the moment the ide/ATAPI drives need to be used with the kernel's
ide-scsi driver to work with cdrecord, but native ide/atapi support
for cdrw devices will be there in the forthcoming 2.6.x kernel.

> Any suggestions as what to look for ??

Whatever suits your tastes and budget will work just fine.  I have
never heard of a cdrom/dvd burner that didn't work with linux.

Same for atapi DVD drives (you can get dvd/cdrw combos), they all
"just work".

> MArk

Have fun!

Cheers
Tony

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