Alright I hesitated jumping in here with all the plextor people, but wth.
I have a samsung SW-212 12-8-32 and it worked in Mandrake out of the box. I
don't think I even had to fix the links. It burns good and also haven't made
a coaster yet. I've only used it at 8x tho. I paid like $110 for it, but I
see it around at places/sites for $100. It came with some windows software,
but I don't know what. It has an 8 mg buffer.
-s
On Wednesday 23 May 2001 12:58 pm, you wrote:
> I have a HP usb burner which definatly works in IDE mode, (ie if you take
> it out of the usb case and put it in your linux box) and apparently it
> works via usb as well, (found a site on linux and usb and it said it was a
> working Burner.)
>
> I have found the HP to be an exceptional burner.. good quality and don't
> think I have ever made a coaster with this one...
>
>
> regards
>
> Frank
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Todd Flinders
> Sent: Thursday, 24 May 2001 1:21 AM
> To: Paul; newbie
> Subject: Re: [newbie] CD Writer
>
>
> Um...what? Unless Yamaha has a brand spanking new
> burner, it is NOT an OEM of a plextor. Yamaha does
> not have burn proof technology like the Plextor does.
> And it's latest model is reported to be unstable.
>
> Also most of the Yamaha drivers are not supported by
> the CloneCD software while Plextor is.
>
> I strongly believe they are two very different drives.
>
> Incidentally, I own a Yamaha and I do not recommend
> it. It's certainly not the worst drive on the market,
> but you can get much better for about the same price.
>
> Plextor or TDK is the way to go. Plextor is probably
> the safest for Linux. I haven't heard anything from
> anyone using a TDK in Linux.
>
> --- Paul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > It was Tue, 22 May 2001 15:21:23 -0700 (PDT) when
> >
> > Todd Flinders wrote:
> > >Plextor and TDK's are rated as the best in the
> > >Windows' world. I haven't personally tested them
> >
> > in
> >
> > >Linux, but when this was discussed before, someone
> > >said they were successfully using a Plextor.
> >
> > In a linux hardware newsgroup I heard good things
> > about Plextor. You can also
> > try a Yamaha, which is OEM of the Plextor, but I was
> > told to better go for the
> > Plextor since it is most reliable. Also a bit more
> > expensive though.
> >
> > Paul
> >
> > --
> > Bowie's Theorem:
> > If an experiment works, you must be using the wrong
> > equipment.
> >
> > http://nlpagan.net - Registered Linux User 174403
> > Linux Mandrake 7.2 - Sylpheed 0.4.66
>
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