Re: Compatible DVD burners for AMD-64 version of FreeBSD 5.4?

2005-05-26 Thread Olaf Greve
Hi, Thanks for your replies! Ronald wrote: Over the years Plextor CD and DVD rewriters have served me well. That's why I chose a PX-712A for my amd64 system. It works flawlessly with cdrecord and growisofs via the CAM SCSI subsystem. Tnx! I'll take a look at that one. Actually you mention

Re: Compatible DVD burners for AMD-64 version of FreeBSD 5.4?

2005-05-26 Thread Roland Smith
On Thu, May 26, 2005 at 10:26:01AM +0200, Olaf Greve wrote: snip Actually you mention something interesting: I hadn't checked out the interface type. Do you know if DVD rewriters would typically be SCSI or ATA? I haven't tried burning DVDs with the ATA driver. The manual page for growisofs

Compatible DVD burners for AMD-64 version of FreeBSD 5.4?

2005-05-25 Thread Olaf Greve
Hi, Within a few weeks I will be aquiring a new server, and it will most likely feature a 64-bit AMD processor. One of the (hardware-wise) things I need to solve before being able to actually get it, is which DVD burner (for back-ups, etc.) I can best install in it. From the FreeBSD 5.4

Re: Compatible DVD burners for AMD-64 version of FreeBSD 5.4?

2005-05-25 Thread Roland Smith
On Wed, May 25, 2005 at 04:29:56PM +0200, Olaf Greve wrote: snip One of the (hardware-wise) things I need to solve before being able to actually get it, is which DVD burner (for back-ups, etc.) I can best install in it. snip Does anyone have any experience with this particular combination

Re: Compatible DVD burners for AMD-64 version of FreeBSD 5.4?

2005-05-25 Thread Tony Shadwick
My understanding is that any burner will show up and give you a block device, rather it's the authoring software that has the burden to recognize the burner for what it really is, and make full use of it. That said, what authoring software are you intending to use? I've had lots of luck in