USB 2.0 CD/DVD?

2007-04-26 Thread Tyson Sawyer
Hey folks! I'm interested in an external USB 2.0 CD/DVD that works with Linux. ...I'm currently using Ubuntu 6.10 and expect to update soonish. I definitely want to be able to burn CDs. If reasonable on performance, OS support and cost, I'd also like to be able to burn DVDs. Any suggestions

Re: USB 2.0 CD/DVD?

2007-04-26 Thread Jim Kuzdrall
On Thursday 26 April 2007 07:40, Tyson Sawyer wrote: Hey folks! I'm interested in an external USB 2.0 CD/DVD that works with Linux. ...I'm currently using Ubuntu 6.10 and expect to update soonish. I definitely want to be able to burn CDs. If reasonable on performance, OS support and cost

Re: USB 2.0 CD/DVD?

2007-04-26 Thread Bill McGonigle
On Apr 26, 2007, at 12:30, Jim Kuzdrall wrote: I have been using a Liteon Model SHW-160P6S10C 16X DVD/CD drive with SuSE 9.3 on an IDE bus. It works fine with the K3b burner and Linux DVD reader. I'm pretty sure that Liteon CD-ROM drives used to be made out of paper when I was

Re: USB 2.0 CD/DVD?

2007-04-26 Thread Dan Jenkins
Bill McGonigle wrote: On Apr 26, 2007, at 12:30, Jim Kuzdrall wrote: I have been using a Liteon Model SHW-160P6S10C 16X DVD/CD drive with SuSE 9.3 on an IDE bus. It works fine with the K3b burner and Linux DVD reader. I'm pretty sure that Liteon CD-ROM drives used to be made out of

Re: USB 2.0 CD/DVD?

2007-04-26 Thread Paul Lussier
Dan Jenkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: 'Tis difficult still to forget the first fumbling semi-failures that have since matured into reliable products. Whatever we have been burnt with in the past, makes us twice-shy to try it again in the present; ofttimes costing us the benefit of the

Re: USB 2.0 CD/DVD?

2007-04-26 Thread Tyson Sawyer
in an external USB 2.0 CD/DVD that works with Linux. ...I'm currently using Ubuntu 6.10 and expect to update soonish. I definitely want to be able to burn CDs. If reasonable on performance, OS support and cost, I'd also like to be able to burn DVDs. Any suggestions on what to look for or look out