Re: writeable CD's - Burning Cd's

["Kevin D. Colby" <kevin marcal com>]

Wow!  I had this message in my "should answer" list too!

Martin wrote:
> I'd like to hear from anyone that as one (or has had one that doesn't
> work)  under Red Hat.

*raises hand*

> Yes, I know there is some info out there, but to is old and I'm after
> up-to-date experiences as I'd like to burn CD's in the Win and Linux
> environment.
> 
> No point me getting one  'that is not quite right'  for Linux and then
> harrassing this list for a way to solve it.

Well, we just took a stab in the dark and came out okay.
I haven't ever used WinAnything for burning, but under Linux
I use mkisofs and cdrecord (XCDRoast is an X wrapper for this,
command-line, burn program.)

We use a Philips CDD2000.  Works great, does 2x burns.
It doesn't do CD-RW, so the other drive mentioned may be better,
but this one is older and probably pretty cheap.

Note:  Since you are recompiling your kernel anyway (other thread),
make sure you compile in Generic SCSI device support (/dev/sgXX
devices).  cdrecord and hence, XCDRoast, require them.

	- Kevin Colby
	  kevin marcal com