From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jul 3 07:45:50 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A97C837B401 for ; Thu, 3 Jul 2003 07:45:50 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mta10.adelphia.net (mta10.adelphia.net [64.8.50.202]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D410544029 for ; Thu, 3 Jul 2003 07:45:49 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from wmoran@potentialtech.com) Received: from potentialtech.com ([24.53.179.151]) by mta10.adelphia.net (InterMail vM.5.01.05.32 201-253-122-126-132-20030307) with ESMTP id <20030703144549.JLIM1347.mta10.adelphia.net@potentialtech.com>; Thu, 3 Jul 2003 10:45:49 -0400 Message-ID: <3F04419C.1030702@potentialtech.com> Date: Thu, 03 Jul 2003 10:45:48 -0400 From: Bill Moran User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD i386; en-US; rv:1.3) Gecko/20030429 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cp References: <000d01c34161$3866cc00$99210343@compaq7058> In-Reply-To: <000d01c34161$3866cc00$99210343@compaq7058> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: DVD Burner (USB or IDE?) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 03 Jul 2003 14:45:50 -0000 cp wrote: > We need to purchase a DVD drive for backup. > We are running 5.1 RELEASE. We have USB > IDE and SCSI on this fairly new system. There > are no USB devices being used now and only > a CD Drive and single harddrive on the IDE. > > I read the compatibility notes and searched > Google for the wide range of devices available. > So far it appears that querying or searching this > list *Before* purchase is the best way to avoid > days of messing around ;-). > > Can anyone offer an opinion as to which type of DVD > burner would present the least possible hassle in > installation? What I'm hoping for, is to install it, > make a new kernel and simply use it to write > complete CD snapshots to store offsite. Soeren has a Sony DRU500A that we bough him for development, so I would assume that support for that particular make/model of DVD burner is the best right now and will continue to be the best. -- Bill Moran Potential Technologies http://www.potentialtech.com