Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 17:27:56 -0700 From: Rob <europax@home.com> To: Vince Vielhaber <vev@michvhf.com> Cc: Brian Raynes <brian_raynes@dnr.state.ak.us>, Graham Guttocks <graham_guttocks@yahoo.co.nz>, freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: CD-RW: SCSI or EIDE/ATAPI? Message-ID: <39F6290C.322EEF84@home.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0010232037200.7159-100000@paprika.michvhf.com>
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Thanks, I'll try it out. Vince Vielhaber wrote: > > On Mon, 23 Oct 2000, Rob wrote: > > > As far as I know, there are no spiffy GUI front ends to burncd. > > Cdrecord has many. > > gcombust it's in the ports. > > Vince. > > > > > Rob. > > > > Brian Raynes wrote: > > > > > > Graham Guttocks wrote: > > > > > > > > Greetings, > > > > > > > > I'm trying to decide whether the CD-RW drive I buy for my FreeBSD system > > > > should be SCSI or EIDE. The Plextor PlexWriter 12/10/32 CD-RW comes in > > > > both varieties, with the SCSI costing about $100USD more. > > > > > > > > Are there any discernible benefits to SCSI CD-RW drives? Any reasons why > > > > I shouldn't get the EIDE/ATAPI CD-RW drive? > > > > > > If you have a SCSI hard drive, then writing from the HD to the CD-RW > > > is faster. It's my understanding, as I don't have SCSI anything, that > > > the SCSI controller allows for a direct write from one SCSI device to > > > another without the main CPU getting involved. This was not the case > > > with EIDE, the last I knew. There have been a lot of improvements to > > > EIDE drives to improve speed and so I do not know if this advantage is > > > still significant. > > > > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > Graham > > > > > > > > _____________________________________________________________________________ > > > > http://clubs.yahoo.com.au - Yahoo! Clubs > > > > - Join a club or build your own! > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message > > > > > > Brian Raynes > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message > > > > -- > ========================================================================== > Vince Vielhaber -- KA8CSH email: vev@michvhf.com http://www.pop4.net > 128K ISDN from $22.00/mo - 56K Dialup from $16.00/mo at Pop4 Networking > Online Campground Directory http://www.camping-usa.com > Online Giftshop Superstore http://www.cloudninegifts.com > ========================================================================== > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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