From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Dec 19 6:15:59 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from smtp3.mx.pitdc1.stargate.net (smtp3.mx.pitdc1.stargate.net [206.210.69.143]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 85F6E37B416 for ; Wed, 19 Dec 2001 06:15:54 -0800 (PST) Received: (qmail 25965 invoked from network); 19 Dec 2001 14:15:52 -0000 Received: from dap-209-166-135-199.nfas.greensburg-tnt-1.sns234.pa.stargate.net (HELO wastegate.net) (209.166.135.199) by smtp3.mx.pitdc1.stargate.net with SMTP; 19 Dec 2001 14:15:52 -0000 Received: (qmail 8111 invoked from network); 19 Dec 2001 14:15:49 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO mother.wastegate.net) (192.168.1.2) by 192.168.1.1 with SMTP; 19 Dec 2001 14:15:49 -0000 From: "Doug Reynolds" To: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" , "Scott Mitchell" Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2001 09:16:03 -0500 Reply-To: "Doug Reynolds" X-Mailer: PMMail 2000 Professional (2.20.2380) For Windows 98 (4.10.2222) In-Reply-To: <20011217231354.A272@localhost> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: ATAPI DVD-ROM gotchas (are there any?) Message-Id: <20011219141554.85F6E37B416@hub.freebsd.org> Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, 17 Dec 2001 23:13:54 +0000, Scott Mitchell wrote: >Greetings all, > >I'm about to buy a DVD-ROM drive for the lovely new AthlonXP box I've just >put together :-) Much as I'd like to have a SCSI drive in there, it's hard >to justify spending 30% more on something that's mostly just going to be >used as a big CD-ROM drive...so I figure I might as well just get an ATAPI >drive. > >Are there any gotchas that I should be aware of with this plan? A Google >through the archives didn't turn up anything negative in the last year, so >I guess not, but I'd like to be sure. Any particular models to crave or >avoid? Pioneer drives are pretty widely available here and seem to have a >good reputation... http://www.overclockers.co.uk/ even do one pre-flashed >for region-free operation. I have a Creative PC-DVD 12x, and it works without a flaw.. --- doug reynolds | the maverick | mav@wastegate.net PGP Public Key Fingerprint: 6E7B 9993 B503 6D45 E33A 2019 26E5 C1DB To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message