i'm looking to buy an internal cdwriter, and first things first its got run in my favourite os. Has anyone bought a writer recently? I'm hoping (probably in vain) that there are manufacturers that support linux. I don't mind what make it is, as long as its cheap and cheerful.


Any advice greatly appreciated.


cheers

Any new IDE ( I assume that is what you mean by internal) CDwriter will work with lnux.

You can check reviews of hardware on various sites including www.pcworld.com and www.pcmag.com.

For prices go to www.pricewatch.com

I use Mandrake 9.1 and a LG 'GCE-8520B'. I tried a Samsung SW248 first but it didn't work. The LG was about 65.00 at Walmart. No problems since. The Samsung was a headache. It may be my particular hardware though. Just a thought for you. Buy where you can swap if it don't work. Nothing worse than a drive that don't work and you're stuck with it.

Good luck!!!

My Asus 1610 works great.

I have problems with Hewlett Packard 9100i but I have not upgrqded firmware yet.

You may take a look from

http://www.fokus.gmd.de/research/cc/...iters-2.0.html

It could give you a hint.

-Tommi

Am I a lunatic if I presume that whatever Plextor Plexwriter runs smoothly in Linux redhat 9.0. It costed 120 euros and arrives at wednesday...something can still be done if I am wrong with my selection...

-Tommi

I have heard they are good drives. I'm not sure about compatibility with Linux though. Check out these sites:
http://www.linuxcompatible.org/compa...sort=All&idx=p
http://www.mandrakelinux.com/en/hardware.php3
These sites should help you.
Your welcome. Glad to help!! I need help sometimes too.

Yo!

Many thanks for your efforts, I checked the http://www.linuxcompatible.org/comp...&sort=All&idx=p and plextor was O.K., but there is no any data of the latest models. However the older models do work and are recommended. Maybe the latest models work also, but you never know, because its different drive and will also work a little differently.

Actually Plextor *should* be the state of the art writer, but it helps nothing if it is incompatible with Linux.

Title/Device Working Date
Plextor PlexWriter 16/10/40A (Plextor) Yes Linux 08/02 Details
Plextor 40/12/40 USB 2.0 (Plextor) Yes Linux 05/03 Details

Latest alpha CDrecord may be needed...

-Tommi

You can spend a couple extra bucks and grab a Pioneer A04 DVD-R it works fine for me.

I second the DVD burner! I'm drooling over a few right now, and wish I had an extra 300 bux lying around.

As for one that works with linux...

(I'm sure I'll be corrected on the incorrect portions of this)

Linux uses scsi-emulation for nearly all it's IDE burners. If you get an IDE burner, chances are VERY good that it will work in linux through this generic scsi interface. It's a common ground for uncommon hardware to gather and converse

Basically, you should be fine with **just about** anything you can find out there.

Cool

O.K. I am perhaps too pessimistic, but I simply couldn't get my HP 9100i to work. Well.. I could make firmware upgrade but its so difficult. I should have NT 4 or Windows 98 for that. I do not have both of them...I threw them to carbage can long time ago. :-) Besides...those firmware upgrades should be possible to make with some flash DOS, making firmware upgrqade with Windows sounds too risky. Stupid, very stupid upgrade.


-Tommi

Both of my drives(cd and cd-rw) are Sony and they work flawlessly.

I have also sony CD-R DRIVE!! It rocks!! Really longlasting and exellent reader. Only once I have had reading problem, but maybe it was caused by a bad burning.

-Tommi

I do not have that couple of extra bucks...this plextor swallows all my money...I am only a student, not a well paid Linux administrator. :-)

-Tommi

Wouldn't that be nice? I wish I was a Linux Administrator, I'd have the greatest job in the world then!



I just wanted to add:

My CDRW is a SONY! Go Sony!!!



Cool