2012/8/20 Philip Webb <purs...@ca.inter.net>: > Apologies for the elementary questions, but I'm a bit slow to change (smile). > > In designing my new machine, I assumed that I would simply transfer > the CD drive from the existing box to the new one, > but (1) the new mobo seems to have only SATA sockets > & (2) CD drives seem to be going the same way as diskette drives, > so I'm now planning to buy a new DVD drive & to start using DVDs. > I wb using them only for back-ups, not playing music or videos. > > This looks like a good enough item : > ASUS DRW-24B1ST 24x SATA Black R 48x W 8x OEM : CAD 24,99 > > Can anyone answer a few rather basic questions ? > (1) do I need to configure the kernel to find the drive ?
NO. just enable packet write and SCSI_CDROM > (2) what software do Gentoo users use to read/write DVDs ? k3b is a good one > (3) are there rewritable DVDs, as there used to be rewritable CDs ? sure > -- among the specs are much slower speeds labelled 'RW'. > (4) anything else I sb aware of ? > > -- > ========================,,============================================ > SUPPORT ___________//___, Philip Webb > ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Cities Centre, University of Toronto > TRANSIT `-O----------O---' purslowatchassdotutorontodotca > >
