Re: Need CDR/DVD reader/burner for Slack 12

wexfordpress staggered into the Black Sun and said:
My old drive is starting to act up. Need a new one. Tiger Direct has
ATA drives for $24 and up but I am unsure about Linux compatibility.
Any success stories for under $100?

IDE CD/DVD+-RWs are all supposed to follow the MMC-3 standards. While
I'm sure there are some that don't, I have neither seen any nor heard
any reports of those in the last 5 years. So your worries about
combatability are AFAICT not a concern. Heck, even the LightScribe
stuff will work if you don't mind installing an evil binary-only library
from them (google://"lightscribe linux" .)

Some drives require Win XP. Are we back to the infamous Winmodem
nonsense?

It's highly probable that the "Sleazy CD Cremator" or whatever that is
shipped with the drive is a 'DozeXP program. HTH,

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