Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] - What SATA CD-R/DVD-R drive manufacturer to buy?

2010-01-18 Thread Paul Hartman
On Sun, Jan 17, 2010 at 2:25 PM, Mark Knecht markkne...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, My 5-year old gentoo-AMD64 machine when up in smoke this week so I'm building a new machine. Most parts are on order but one big change these days is the motherboards I want to purchase no longer support EIDE/ATAPI

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] - What SATA CD-R/DVD-R drive manufacturer to buy?

2010-01-18 Thread Mark Knecht
On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 7:38 AM, Paul Hartman paul.hartman+gen...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, Jan 17, 2010 at 2:25 PM, Mark Knecht markkne...@gmail.com wrote: Hi,  My 5-year old gentoo-AMD64 machine when up in smoke this week so I'm building a new machine. Most parts are on order but one big

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] - What SATA CD-R/DVD-R drive manufacturer to buy?

2010-01-18 Thread Paul Hartman
On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 10:43 AM, Mark Knecht markkne...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 7:38 AM, Paul Hartman paul.hartman+gen...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, Jan 17, 2010 at 2:25 PM, Mark Knecht markkne...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, My 5-year old gentoo-AMD64 machine when up in smoke this

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] - What SATA CD-R/DVD-R drive manufacturer to buy?

2010-01-18 Thread Mark Knecht
On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 9:23 AM, Paul Hartman paul.hartman+gen...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 10:43 AM, Mark Knecht markkne...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 7:38 AM, Paul Hartman paul.hartman+gen...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, Jan 17, 2010 at 2:25 PM, Mark Knecht

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] - What SATA CD-R/DVD-R drive manufacturer to buy?

2010-01-18 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Mon, 18 Jan 2010 09:38:16 -0600, Paul Hartman wrote: I have a cheap Sony Optiarc (formerly NEC?) and it has worked fine for me for ripping and burning audio CDs, DVD+/-R (single and dual layer). It cost around $25 USD. I don't know if it is better or worse than any other brand but it seems

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] - What SATA CD-R/DVD-R drive manufacturer to buy?

2010-01-18 Thread Joerg Schilling
Neil Bothwick n...@digimed.co.uk wrote: On Mon, 18 Jan 2010 09:38:16 -0600, Paul Hartman wrote: I have a cheap Sony Optiarc (formerly NEC?) and it has worked fine for me for ripping and burning audio CDs, DVD+/-R (single and dual layer). It cost around $25 USD. I don't know if it is

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] - What SATA CD-R/DVD-R drive manufacturer to buy?

2010-01-18 Thread Mark Knecht
On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 2:57 PM, Joerg Schilling joerg.schill...@fokus.fraunhofer.de wrote: Neil Bothwick n...@digimed.co.uk wrote: On Mon, 18 Jan 2010 09:38:16 -0600, Paul Hartman wrote: I have a cheap Sony Optiarc (formerly NEC?) and it has worked fine for me for ripping and burning

[gentoo-user] [OT] - What SATA CD-R/DVD-R drive manufacturer to buy?

2010-01-17 Thread Mark Knecht
Hi, My 5-year old gentoo-AMD64 machine when up in smoke this week so I'm building a new machine. Most parts are on order but one big change these days is the motherboards I want to purchase no longer support EIDE/ATAPI interfaces so I'll have to get a new CD-R/DVD-R drive to get the OS loaded