On Fri, Jul 29, 2005 at 11:12:09AM -0600, Charles Curley wrote: > On Sun, Jul 24, 2005 at 06:43:48PM -0600, Michael Torrie wrote: > > On Sun, 2005-07-24 at 18:24 -0600, Charles Curley wrote: > > > > http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16827152039 > > > > > > > > I've had great luck with the NEC 3520A. It can write practically > > > > anything. It handles all media types currently available. At work we > > > > stuck one of these into a USB enclosure and it works wonderfully under > > > > linux using K3B. Highly recommended. And the price is right, under > > > > $40. Amazing! > > > > > > Croggling! What did you use for the USB enclosure? > > > > This is the one we currently use, although almost all the enclosures > > work well: > > > > http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817155216 > > Thanks! > > I ordered both, and they showed up yesterday. I has a slight glitch > with the shell: I figured out the correct way to open it up, but I > wasn't sure and didn't want to break the tabs. I didn't. > > I also managed to bend the LED legs while I was installing the DVD > drive, but it was easy enough to get those straightened out. The way > to avoid that is to put the DVD drive on a big fat book while you > attach it to the bottom of the shell. > > Linux found the burner with no problems. I then installed k3b, which > recognized the burner all by itself. > > I then tried burning the latest Knoppix on two CD-RWs. Both > failed. I'm going to try them on my CD burner. It has consistently > produced good CD-RWs with these, Memorex. (In fact, I've had good > enough results with the Memorex CD-RWs that I ordered Memorex > DVD+RWs.) > > Next step is to try a DVD+RW, and see if I can get good burns with > these two CD-RWs on my CD burner.
Well, as a DVD+RW, this setup is a bust. It will burn part of the image, say 510 out of 527 MB. I tried it on a different machine, but it's a USB 1 machine. The pilot light cycled on & off. The software claimed it got a good write, but comparing the data with the DVD failed. I took the two CD-RWs I had not gotten good burns on back to my other machine with a CD burner. It erased and burned both of them just fine. Next step is to try other media. Then I may take the thing out of the USB clamshell and install it on a testbed machine. > .===================================. > | This has been a P.L.U.G. mailing. | > | Don't Fear the Penguin. | > | IRC: #utah at irc.freenode.net | > `===================================' -- Charles Curley /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign Looking for fine software \ / Respect for open standards and/or writing? X No HTML/RTF in email http://www.charlescurley.com / \ No M$ Word docs in email Key fingerprint = CE5C 6645 A45A 64E4 94C0 809C FFF6 4C48 4ECD DFDB
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