usb burner recommendations ?

decals74 · 08-07-2006, 12:10 AM

anyone got recommendations for an external usb dvd burner? i'm thinking bout purchasing the samsung SE-S164L at newegg but have no idea if my laptop will detect it correctly. running fedora core 3/2.6.17.7.

Lenard · 08-07-2006, 05:23 AM

Almost all USB 2.0 externel CD/DVD burners are dtected and work just fine.

Boot into Linux instert the drive wait a few seconds then have a look, as root type something like;

tail -12 /var/log/messages

cdrecord -scanbus

operator10001 · 08-07-2006, 10:44 PM

i use emprex on mine and i am very happy with it.

Electro · 08-08-2006, 12:25 AM

Buy an 5.25 inch USB/IEEE-1394 enclosure. Then pick any optical drive. I suggest using IEEE-1394 instead of USB because IEEE-1394 effective speed is faster than USB.

Nylex · 08-08-2006, 12:28 AM

See if there are any in LQ's hardware compatibility list.