i haven't been able to boot knoppix off one yet. haven't really bothered messing around to work out why...
On Mon, May 26, 2008 at 9:58 AM, David Fisher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 25/05/2008 10:55:49 PM: > >> >> Hi All, >> >> Has anyone got a SATA DVD burner working under linux yet? From the brief >> googling around it is supposed to be supported but I'm having no luck >> with one I bought recently. Is there anything special I should be >> setting or should it "just work"? >> >> I'm finding when I attempt to burn (I've tried a bunch of programs under >> ubuntu 8.10 which all seem to use wodim as their backend for burning) >> and also Nero all to no avail. The program will start attempting to burn >> to the burner and then it will just eventually timeout. I then get an >> error back saying that the burner is too slow and that the session has >> failed. After that the burner usually doesn't respond at all (even >> physically pressing the eject button does nothing) and it's pretty much >> dead until I cold boot the system. >> >> If I just use the burner as a cd/dvd reader it seems ok though. >> >> -- >> dave. >> -- > > I'm likewise having trouble with the Plextor PX760-SA in my workstation at > home. I had assumed the problems derived from the Plextor (I believe a > lot of its issues can be resolved by upgrading the firmware, especially > burning to DVD+RW) but it would be interesting to hear others' > experiences. > > David > > > > > Please consider the environment before printing this document > > NOTICE > This e-mail and any attachments are intended for the addressee(s) only and > may be confidential. They may contain legally privileged or copyright > material. You should not read, copy, use or disclose them without > authorisation. If you are not the intended recipient please contact the > sender as soon as possible by return e-mail and then please delete both > messages. This notice should not be removed. > > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html > -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
