Re: Thinking of buying a CD-R ... Is this supported?
Subject: Thinking of buying a CD-R ... Is this supported?
Date: Mon, May 31, 1999 at 06:17:21PM -0400
In reply to:Seth M. Landsman
Quoting Seth M. Landsman(seth@job.cs.brandeis.edu):
> So I was reading my comics this morning and saw an ad for a 140$
> CDR. So I click over the web page thinking I'll see a 2x CDR, which isn't
> RW, etc.
> To my surprise it is a 2x2x24 smart and friend CD Racer. In all
> my searching, I can't figure out if this is a linux supported drive (none
> of the HOWTOs mention this drive explicitly, and a few of them say this
> *MIGHT* be a repackaged JVC, which may or may not be supported).
> Can anyone tell me if this is a definitely supported drive or not?
>
> The Smart and Friendly page for this drive is
> http://www.smartandfriendly.com/cdr_cdracer.html
>
> The Ad for the drive is
> http://www.computers4Sure.com:80/product.asp?productid=29216&mscssid=2CGA9WJG2XSH2LDT00J7496E7RB74CA9
As it is an IDE CDR, I would guess no. There are a few IDE CDR's
supported but not many. Check www.same.com. There is a link to to
supported IDE drives.
HTH, YMMV, HAND
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