[WBEL-users] dvd burner drivers

[Connie Sieh]

On Wed, 10 Nov 2004, jim stockford wrote:

> 
> 
> I'm thinking of getting either
> Sony DW-D18A 8X DVDRW   1 99  

This is really a Lite-on in Sony clothing.

> Lite-On SHOW-1633S 16X DVDRW  1 109  
> NEC 16X DVD+/-RW DUAL LAYER  1 109  

I would suggest the Pioneer 108.

> but I'm worried that I won't have a driver that
> works them.
> Anybody know of Linux DVD drivers?

The lowlevel drivers for all the above drive are the same and included
with Whitebox now.

> 
> Also, I've got a stand-along LiteOn DVD burner,
> anyone know the right driver for that?
> 

Stand-along , I assume you mean stand-alone.  The dvd burner itself should 
be no problem.  The question here is what connection method you have.  
USB2 or firewire or ?

 > The purpose is not videos but data backup.
> I'm just looking for a bigger, better CD
> 
> jim
> 
-Connie Sieh
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory