Re: firewire CD-R/RW with PowerPC linux ...

[Gaudenz Steinlin <gaudenz@soziologie.ch>]

lvdovicvs_minimvs wrote:
> My Teac firewire CD-RW (SmartDisk VST) drive works fine with a benh 
> kernel.  It
> seems to burn at a slower speed than it does under os x, but I haven't 
> done any actual
> timing tests.

I have the same device and cannot confirm this. The drive is slower for
CD-RW than for CD-ROM, but speeds are the same in linux and macos X.
Perhaps you did not set the maximal speed with cdrecord.

-gaudenz