Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2005 20:57:52 +0100 From: Pietro Cerutti <pietro.cerutti@gmail.com> To: FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: next question: dvd-burner. Message-ID: <e572718c0512141157x5305c7d0vd3c09e28cc4aa58c@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <43A06EE8.7060105@mkproductions.org> References: <20051214185738.GB41870@thought.org> <43A06EE8.7060105@mkproductions.org>
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On 12/14/05, Mark Kane <mark@mkproductions.org> wrote: > Gary Kline wrote: > > I'm adding a DVD burner to my planned new platform. > > Since this is new technology, how careful do I have to > > be? In other words, does FreeBSD support most burners? > > Looks like the DVD/CDRW burner is a NEC... I'll 2-check. > > > > thanks in advance, > > > > gary > > > > > > So far I've had good luck with both DVD burners I've tried in FreeBSD. > One was an old Sony DRU500A and the latest one that I have in two > FreeBSD machines now is: > > acd0: DVDR <LITE-ON DVDRW SOHW-1693S/KS04> at ata1-slave PIO4 > > The Sony finally died a few months ago after being in use since 2002. I > replaced it with the LITE-ON and it has been working great. > > -Mark > > -- > GnuPG Public Key: > http://www.mkproductions.org/mk_pubkey.asc > > Internet Radio: > Party107 (Trance/Electronic) - http://www.party107.com > Rock 101.9 The Edge (Rock) - http://www.rock1019.net > > IRC: > MIXXnet IRC Network - irc.mixxnet.net (Nick: MIXX941) > Maybe I'm totally wrong, but I think you won't need a device driver for a dvd burner... It's just an atapi device, and there's a standard telling how to write data to it.. Please correct me.... -- Pietro Cerutti <pietro.cerutti@gmail.com> Beansidhe - SwiSS Death / Thrash Metal <www.beansidhe.ch> Windows: "Where do you want to go today?" Linux: "Where do you want to go tomorrow?" FreeBSD: "Are you guys coming or what?"
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