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Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2004 21:48:01 +0200
From: Ion-Mihai Tetcu <itetcu@apropo.ro>
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Subject: Re: DVD burners
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On Sun, 31 Oct 2004 17:30:05 +0000
"R. W." <list-freebsd-2004@morbius.sent.com> wrote:

> I'm thinking of buying an IDE DVD burner, ideally one of the new 
> double-layer type.
> 
> Are these generic products? If not, what should I choose or avoid?

I have a Plextor PX-708 that is working perfectly on a 5.3-"STABLE", but it's not
double-layer.

> My computer is a 700 MHz  P3 coppermine with 512 Mbytes  of PC100 ram, 
> is it going to be fast enough?

All you need is atapi_dma turned on.
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