From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Mar 30 10:07:21 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id KAA15111 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 30 Mar 1998 10:07:21 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from buffnet4.buffnet.net (buffnet4.buffnet.net [205.246.19.13]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id KAA15102 for ; Mon, 30 Mar 1998 10:07:11 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from shovey@buffnet.net) Received: from buffnet11.buffnet.net (buffnet11.buffnet.net [205.246.19.55]) by buffnet4.buffnet.net (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id MAA08196; Mon, 30 Mar 1998 12:02:08 -0500 (EST) Date: Mon, 30 Mar 1998 12:02:08 -0500 (EST) From: Steve Hovey To: Brian McGovern cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: CD-R/CD-RW recommendations wanted... In-Reply-To: <199803301643.LAA00654@bmcgover-pc.cisco.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG stear clear of memorex - I went thru 3 in less than a week - so I switched to phillips (but I dont know if that works under freebsd) On Mon, 30 Mar 1998, Brian McGovern wrote: > Well, I finally managed to blow out my HP 4020i after several hundred CDs. Its > well out of warranty, so getting fixed may be an option, but its expensive... > > What I'm curious about is what people consider the 'best' thing to buy (and > maybe some pointers to some less expensive places to get it) to replace it. > > I've been looking at CD-R drives, as well as CD-RWs (re-writables). Most of the > places I've seen them, they're about the same price (around $600), therefore, > I'm leaning towards a CD-RW. Basically, my "minimal" requirements are: > > - Be able to record CDs (I press my own custom copies of FreeBSD for > in house use) > - Must work with FreeBSD > (I assume it'll automatically work with Windows) > > Otherwise, it really doesn't matter. I'm biased towards the HP drives because > I've had good experiences with my HP. > > Comments? > -Brian > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > ------------------------------------------------------------------ Steve Hovey Chief Engineer BuffNET More Than Just a Connection! ------------------------------------------------------------------ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message