[Lvlug] CD Questions

[DavidMorrisette]

Stuart,

Thanks!  I appreciate the help! :-)

David

stuart@boreens.net wrote:

>On Mon, 13 May 2002, DavidMorrisette wrote
>
>>Hi folks!
>>
>>I have a few questions about CDROMs on linux.  I have
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>a Prof who is 
>
>>asking me info about a configuration and everything
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>is Dell Certified 
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>>except they won't guarentee the cdrom configuration
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>he wants.  Looking 
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>>for your opinions.
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>>The configuration he wants has a IDE combo
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>DVD/RW-CDROM (Quadro 2 EX).  
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>>Does anyone out there have any experience with CD
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>combo drives?  If so, 
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>>how has your experience been?
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>>I actually have never burnt a CDROM in linux, but
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>from what I have read, 
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>>it is simplier if you use a SCSI drive.  "Red Hat
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>Linux 7.2 Bible - pp 
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>>310  - 315) . Would a better solution for him to be
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>to have an IDE DVD 
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>>CDROM and a SCSI RW-CDROM?
>>
>
>Not needed!
>Modern distros will configure an IDE CD/RW as a
>pseudo-SCSI for cdrecord. 
>You might try looking this up at the Red Hat Hardware
>compatability list. Ther may be some Gotchas with the
>combo drive. I certainly think that a straight DVD
>drive and a straight CDRW should work fine.
>Look here:
>http://hardware.redhat.com/hcl/genpage2.cgi?pagename=hcl
>
>>Also, I am intereseted in trying to burn a CD.  Do
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>you all use cdrecord 
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>>to make your CD's?
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>Yes, with the xcdroast gui frontend.
>
>Stuart
>
> 
>
>>Thanks!
>>David
>>
>>
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