[NTLUG:Discuss] backing up video dvds & burning data dvds

[David Simmons]

> David Simmons wrote:
>>> I need to buy a single layer dvd burner that is Linux friendly, and I
>>> thought I would ask if anyone had any words of wisdom regarding
>>> hardware.
>>
>> I've stuck with Plextor drives...they're more expensive, but have been
>> rock solid!
>
> Plextor in general is good but be cautious of the SATA drives as
> SATA/ATAPI may not yet be 100%
> supported in Linux.

Actually, I've been using the SATA DVD-R for a couple of months on a SuSE
10.1 system...works like a charm!  And in actuality, it's Windows that has
problems with them!!!  As I have a work system that has WinXP 64-bit...BUT
because I changed the SATA drives in that system to a RAID stripe (which
means they needed to be of type 'Dynamic'..then the SATA DVD-R didn't work
right because it was trying to make ALL SATA devices dynamic...needed to
go IDE on the Windows system...not Linux!).

Dave