From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Dec 17 15:15:51 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mta07-svc.ntlworld.com (mta07-svc.ntlworld.com [62.253.162.47]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4A57E37B442 for ; Mon, 17 Dec 2001 15:14:29 -0800 (PST) Received: from lungfish.ntlworld.com ([62.253.149.59]) by mta07-svc.ntlworld.com (InterMail vM.4.01.03.23 201-229-121-123-20010418) with ESMTP id <20011217231428.IMJQ10846.mta07-svc.ntlworld.com@lungfish.ntlworld.com> for ; Mon, 17 Dec 2001 23:14:28 +0000 Received: from boog.goatsucker.org (boog.goatsucker.org [192.168.1.3]) by lungfish.ntlworld.com (8.11.3/8.11.3) with ESMTP id fBHNERn03624 for ; Mon, 17 Dec 2001 23:14:27 GMT (envelope-from scott@boog.goatsucker.org) Received: (from scott@localhost) by boog.goatsucker.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) id XAA04378 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Mon, 17 Dec 2001 23:13:55 GMT (envelope-from scott) Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2001 23:13:54 +0000 From: Scott Mitchell To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: ATAPI DVD-ROM gotchas (are there any?) Message-ID: <20011217231354.A272@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.4i X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 4.1-RELEASE i386 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 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. Thanks in advance, Scott -- =========================================================================== Scott Mitchell | PGP Key ID | "Eagles may soar, but weasels Cambridge, England | 0x54B171B9 | don't get sucked into jet engines" scott.mitchell@mail.com | 0xAA775B8B | -- Anon To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message