From owner-freebsd-hardware Sat Jun 12 7:23: 9 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from pluto.ipass.net (pluto.ipass.net [198.79.53.5]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9863714DC2 for ; Sat, 12 Jun 1999 07:23:06 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from rhh@ipass.net) Received: from stealth.ipass.net. (ppp-5-188.dialup.rdu.ipass.net [209.170.134.188]) by pluto.ipass.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id KAA05521; Sat, 12 Jun 1999 10:23:02 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from rhh@localhost) by stealth.ipass.net. (8.9.3/8.8.8) id KAA04138; Sat, 12 Jun 1999 10:24:37 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from rhh) Date: Sat, 12 Jun 1999 10:24:37 -0400 From: Randall Hopper To: "Christopher R. Bowman" Cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cdrom writer Message-ID: <19990612102437.A3684@ipass.net> References: <19990609184457.A22109@caamora.com.au> <19990609184457.A22109@caamora.com.au> <19990612084327.A1400@ipass.net> <199906121318.IAA05176@quark.ChrisBowman.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.1i In-Reply-To: <199906121318.IAA05176@quark.ChrisBowman.com>; from Christopher R. Bowman on Sat, Jun 12, 1999 at 09:15:58AM -0400 Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Christopher R. Bowman: |At 08:43 AM 6/12/99 -0400, Randall Hopper wrote: |>jonathan michaels: |> |can anyone recommend, or suggest a replacement for the old hp |> |'cd writer' model 6020, please. |> |>I don't know if you have specific requirements beyond that, but I use a |>Ricoh 6200S. Good driver support in FreeBSD/MSW. Good apps in Win |>(EZCDCreator, etc.). Works well in FreeBSD; 3.2-RELEASE currently. |> |>Burns data and audio CDs; burns CDRs and CDRWs; erases CDRWs. I've done |>all of this in both OSs except I haven't tried burning audio CDs in FreeBSD. |>(No need now -- I moved all my old band tapes onto CD months ago.) | |I am curious, how do you burn and erase CDRWs? Well, on a capable writer, you burn them just like CDRs. E.g. to burn an ISO CD image, I use: cdrecord -v -fs=0 speed=2 dev=0,0 /path/iso.img (Double-speed is nice since it only takes 35 min for a full 650MB instead of around 70min.) Then to erase CDRWs: cdrecord -blank=fast OR cdrecord -blank=all Of course you can read these CDRs/CDRWs on your CD-recorder drive. But to keep the wear-and-tear off them except for burning, just pick up a cheap multi-read IDE CD-ROM. This let's you read CDRWs (and CDRs of course) on the cheap drive which is what I typically do. I picked up one of those Digital Research 36X in December (the ones they're practically giving away at Frys, CompUSA, Staples, etc.) It's 36X -- really 9X or so I believe -- but much faster than the 2X read of the burner. Randall To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message