At 06:11 AM 2/26/00 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote [in part]:
>Greetings Gurus,
>
>I purchased a "Intellect 486SX" computer at a thrift shop....but now I
want to purchase
> a (cheap used) CD and load Linux on it
>( after installing more ram). Is an ATAPI drive a better choice ?
Better than scsi, do you mean? Probably so, only in that it will be cheaper
for you -- scsi CD drives cost about twice as much as ATAPIs, and you'd need
a SCSI controller on top of that. SCSI has real performance advantages for
hard disks, but not much (if any) for CDs.
>I have never
>installed a CD. Any input would
>be appreciated ( except the float/smoke test suggestion).
Whatever that means.
>Are any particular
>brands better to use with Linux?
For a CD drive that will be used rarely (i.e., for a CD install, then only
occasionally to access a file -- not for a situation where, for example, you
would be doing a lot of stuff with audio or using the drive to NFS-share the
CD on a LAN) I buy the cheapest one I can find that's 24X or higher speed.
Never had a failure yet. This is a cehap computer you have, so you probably
don't want to spend much on accessories for it.
------------------------------------"Never tell me the odds!"---
Ray Olszewski -- Han Solo
Palo Alto, CA [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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