Garry Smith wrote:

I am thinking of buying an IDE CDRom writer for my SuSE Linux 7.0 Professional box (Intel x86). Some limited details of a model that I have in mind are below. Are IDE CD writers well supported under SuSE? Do you think the one I have in mind will install and work with the minimum of "fuss"?

There shouldn't be any problem. The vast majority of IDE writers use the SCSI command set internally. Unless this is a strange burner, it shouldn't be any different. It should just be a case of 'modprobe ide-scsi'.

What do other people recommend? Is it worth avoiding IDE and just sticking to a big brand name SCSI version?

IDE does just as fine a job as SCSI IMHO. There will be some performance advantage with SCSI, but I wouldn't say it was worth the price premium.

IDE CD Writer info:

Internal 8/8/32 CD Writer Kit Stock Code : NOV-CDRW6

Product Information

- Interface - ATAPI / Enhanced IDE - Buffer Size - 2MB - Average Access Time - 120msec (32x) - Data Transfer Rate - (at I/F) 16.7MB/sec. (Max), (DMA/PIO) - Writing Format - CD-DA, CD-ROM, CD-ROM XA, CD Extra, CD-I, VideoCD, PhotoCD - Dimensions - 146mm(W) x 198mm(D) x 41.3mm(H), Weight - 1.5Kg

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