DVD/CD-RW combo drives in Linux? Time for DVD+RW?

[Jesse Keating]

On Monday 09 December 2002 22:17, Dan Sanderson uttered:
> Which brings me back to my original question:  Is there anything tricky
> about using DVD-ROM/CD-RW combo drives with Linux?  Do burners need
> special drivers, and should I be sensitive to compatibility lists and
> the like?  It looks like I could get a decent combo drive for under
> $100...

Not really.  You just need to emulate SCSI for now.  Most drives are 
supported, and I haven't ran across a drive that isn't supported by cdrecord.  
The 2.6 kernel will make all this easier, as you will no longer need to 
emulate SCSI for your burning needs.  cdrecord will take sane arguments like 
dev=/dev/hdc and burn straight to the IDE interface.  It's faster, and 
handles the system better when background stuff is going on.  I get a warm 
and fuzzy feeling just thinking about it (;

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