DVD-R, DVD-RAM

[Allen Wayne Best <linux atoka-software com>]

hi:

my cdrw went belly up this past week so i am looking to replace it. given 
that one of my main uses of the cdrw is to use mondo for backups, i was 
giving thought to moving to a dvd-r or dvd-ram. but the more i looked, it 
seemed that these are still somewhat bleeding-edge in linux. does anyone have 
any ideas or success stories here? what is the difference? can i use it to 
watch movies and move my old vcr's to dvd? lots of questions, so little 
knowledge on my part. :((

by the way, the system is running 7.0 with a planned migration to 7.2 as soon 
as i can back it up. (that was what i was doing when the cdrw failed. sigh!)

-- 
regards,
allen wayne best, esq
"your friendly neighborhood rambler owner"
"my rambler will go from 0 to 105"
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