From owner-freebsd-hardware Wed Sep 16 19:05:07 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id TAA12832 for freebsd-hardware-outgoing; Wed, 16 Sep 1998 19:05:07 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from control.colossus.dyn.ml.org (206-18-113-248.la.inreach.net [206.18.113.248]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id TAA12807 for ; Wed, 16 Sep 1998 19:04:58 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dburr@colossus.dyn.ml.org) Received: (from dburr@localhost) by control.colossus.dyn.ml.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id TAA12002; Wed, 16 Sep 1998 19:00:53 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dburr) Message-ID: X-Mailer: XFMail 1.3 [p0] on FreeBSD X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <199809162150.OAA23421@monk.via.net> Date: Wed, 16 Sep 1998 19:00:53 -0700 (PDT) Organization: Computer Help From: Donald Burr To: Joe McGuckin Subject: RE: which cd writer to buy? Cc: hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org My secret spy satellite informs me that on 16-Sep-98, Joe McGuckin wrote: > > I'm intertested in purchasing a cd writer. > > - which brand/model works best? I own the Sony CDU-926S SCSI CD-recorder. It writes 2x, reads 6x, is rock-solid and stable, and works very well with FreeBSD. It was extremely cheap (compared to similar units) when I bought it (paid $289 back in March this year), and it's still very inexpensive. Avoid ATAPI (IDE) devices at all costs. True; there *is* a ALPHA quality driver for them, but it requires you use 3.0-CURRENT, and like I said, it's ALPHA quality (i.e. not guaranteed to work). The Sony I mentioned, on the other hand, has been absolutely rock solid and stable for me -- not a single bad disk yet! > - What software do I use to burn a cdrom? Look at /usr/ports/sysutils/cdrecord. This will allow you to burn either audio, data, or mixed-mode (audio + data) CD's. To grab audio tracks off of audio CD-ROMs (to make a "best of hits" compilation type CD), use /usr/ports/audio/tosha. > - What about CD-RW? Is this worth getting? Does it > work well? Not too sure about this one, as I've had little to no experience with CD-RW's. They are expensive (you will see cheaper ones, but these are invariable ATAPI/IDE, which you should avoid as outlined above). They do use a different type of media and a different recording format, which (I've heard that) some CD-ROM drives and audio CD players cannot read successfully; whereas, with CD-Recordables, I've never had a problem reading any of my data or audio disks on any of the players/drives I own (and I have quite a few older units). > Thanks a log! Actually, I think I'd rather have a sine or maybe a cosine instead. :) > Joe --- Donald Burr *NEW EMAIL ADDRESS!* | PGP: Your WWW HomePage: http://DonaldBurr.base.org/ ICQ#16997506 | right to Address: P.O. Box 91212, Santa Barbara, CA 93190-1212 | 'Net privacy. Phone: (805) 957-9666 FAX: (800) 492-5954 | USE IT. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message