----- Original Message -----
From: "Brian T. Schellenberger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, April 01, 2000 9:33 PM
Subject: Re: [expert] Mdk 7 - time to take out the trash? (long)
>
> First, using a CDRW under Linux isn't especially difficult; the
> subtlety is that you have to use "IDE SCSI emulation" if you have an
> IDE SCSI CDRW. (I don't know if this is true of the HP 8110 or not; if
> it's external it almost certainly is; if it's external, you need the
> parallel-port SCSI driver. I've done both & will be happy to help if
> you're stuck there.
>
> As for recording them, the mkisofs/cdrecord commands are pretty hard,
> I'll admit. I (a Unix person going back 20 years and Linux 5+ years)
> like the command line and find scdbackup to be the cat's meow for me,
> but xcdroast would probably do it for you.
>
> Both of these function as simpler front-ends for the mkisofs/cdrecord
> programs.
>
> Your general point--that Linux isn't the solution for everybody all the
> time, and that people should use what works for them--is well taken,
> however.
>
> You can get better results by sticking to "Linux friendly"
> manufacturers, such as Dell, IBM, and Linksys (among others).
I don't think I'm quite ready to work on that, it was mostly an example. It
does illustrate, though, if it works on one machine - why switch? I've
already paid for the hardware and software, I'll switch when it either wears
out or becomes to obsolete to use.
Thanks for the offer to help however, eventually I would like to take you up
on that. Just hard to find the time right now.
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>
Michael Holt
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