Re: for the love of GOD! SATA DVD Burner

From: Mike (stuff_at_dustsmoke.com)
Date: 07/20/05

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    Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2005 14:11:41 -0700 (MST)
To: "roach" <robert_spencer@mighty.co.za>

    >
    > I'm not much help here any more, but here's my suggestions for what
    > they're
    > worth:
    >
    > 1. Plextor hardware lists:
    > http://www.plextor.com/english/support/support_compatability.html
    > http://www.plextor.com/english/support/media_712SA.htm
    > http://www.plextor.com/english/support/PX-716SA motherboard compatability
    > listing.htm
    >
    > [Is it just me or does Windoze users look really stupid when they post
    > URL's
    > with spaces in them? :-(]
    >
    > 2. Try the latest Knoppix CD.
    >
    > 3. If you think Fedora will work, try it or ask on one of their lists.
    >
    > If you can get your setup to work with another version of Linux, we'll be
    > that
    > much closer to figuring out what's wrong.
    >
    > BTW, I still lean heavily to the hardware side of thing. Try a more
    > compatible
    > SATA controller.
    >
    > You may also be interested in this:
    >
    > "Asus Anti-Linux Attitude Sucks"
    > http://www.mozillaquest.com/Linux04/Asus_Sucks_Story-01.html
    >
    > All the best.
    >
    > --
    > Robert "roach" Spencer
    > Pietermaritzburg
    > South Africa

    Thanks Robert,

    I'm fairly certian that it doesn't have anything to do with how compatable
    of a SATA controller I have. It has to do with ATAPI being turned off in
    Debians kernel for 'every' SATA device. So no matter what hardware you
    have, and If your using one of the more recent kernels, You can't use your
    SATA Optical 'anything' without recompiling your Debian kernel. There is a
    file I see taht has enable=ATAPI~somehting in a kernel file that ends in
    .h. (can't quite remember the specifics since I am at work right now)

    I am getting the impression that the linux kernels between 2.6.8 and
    2.6.11 had a bug in the SATA ATAPI portion of the driver. To which it was
    turned off. I hear on gentoo there is a patch for 2.6.11 to make it work
    correctly, and it should be included in 2.6.12 (like FC4) So maybe I just
    wait for sid to get that. (though I am not positive on anything here, I
    can't seem to get any actual facts past what I can put together myself.)

    I think I have it figured out. What mostly impresses me is that I seem to
    be the only person on the planet trying to use a SATA optical drive with
    linux. Reminds me of ieee1394 and how long it took linux to gain actual
    working support for that.

    -Mike 

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