Bill Bennett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> Can anyone advise me on this, please? I need an external
> burner---called, in some magazines, a kit. I *think* I want an
> IDE type that will simply plug into the USB on the docking
> station. If I need a power supply (ie., the kit doesn't come with
> one) I can make it.
>
I got myself a PCMCIA burner, an HP820E. It requires the linux
PCMCIA Ninja drivers to work, and it works well for me. I've
burnt lots of CDs with it faultlessly under linux, though the
driver is still not of "release" quality (using it as a second
CD drive still causes some kernel panics)
It's also small enough to carry in my notebook case.
The PCMCIA interface card that comes with it is really a SCSI
card, though it's not advertised as such. Presumably it would
be possible to use that card on other SCSI devices, but I haven't
tried.
Maybe a USB notebook burner would do better for you, though.
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