Subject: Re: CD-R or CD-R/W
To: None <ball@cyberspace.org>
From: Mike Saunders <method@method.cx>
List: port-i386
Date: 12/21/2001 17:41:24
On Fri, 21 Dec 2001, David Brownlee wrote:
> To: Andy Ball <ball@cyberspace.org>
> Cc: port-i386@netbsd.org
> Subject: Re: CD-R or CD-R/W
>
> On Fri, 21 Dec 2001, Andy Ball wrote:
>
> >
> > Hello Jukka!
> >
> > JM> They do work.. I have used a HP ATAPI drive for a
> > > long time now.
> >
> > Thanks, that's good to hear. I'd be interested in hearing
> > from anyone who's used a Plextor drive under NetBSD. I've
> > been out shopping for the last few days, but the shops in
> > our nearest large town only seem to stock ATAPI, and a few
> > USB models. I was hoping to find a SCSI. I may have to buy
> > an ATAPI one this time and perhaps upgrade to SCSI or
> > Firewire later.
>
> cd1 at scsibus0 target 0 lun 0: <PLEXTOR, CD-R PX-W124TS, 1.06> SCSI2 5/cdrom removable
>
I've been using a SCSI Plextor 12/10/32S for quite a while now with no
problems. It's a rock solid burner and has worked fine under various
permutaions of Windows, Linux, FreeBSD and NetBSD. I couldn't say a bad
thing about it.
-Mike