Hi.
I need to install DVD writers in a CentOS box as part of a backup setup. I want as little fuss as possible both with HW recognition and functionality. Can any of you recommend a vendor/product ?
Performance of the drive is not an issue. I get confused looking at all the "+/-RW +R double layer yada yada" when skimming the hardware lists..
Any help is much appreciated.
Thanks
Morten
I need to install DVD writers in a CentOS box as part of a backup setup. I want as little fuss as possible both with HW recognition and functionality. Can any of you recommend a vendor/product ?
Performance of the drive is not an issue. I get confused looking at all the "+/-RW +R double layer yada yada" when skimming the hardware lists..
vendor wise i have never has an issue with liteon - they just 'work'
On Thu, 29 Sep 2005, Tom Brown wrote:
I need to install DVD writers in a CentOS box as part of a backup setup. I want as little fuss as possible both with HW recognition and functionality. Can any of you recommend a vendor/product ?
Performance of the drive is not an issue. I get confused looking at all the "+/-RW +R double layer yada yada" when skimming the hardware lists..
vendor wise i have never has an issue with liteon - they just 'work'
We use LG in all our machines - the latest drive - 4167 - even writes to DVD Ram (as well as + and - R) - the disks for dual layer are very expensive so I wouldnt worry about that ...
Regards Lance
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Morten wrote:
Hi.
I need to install DVD writers in a CentOS box as part of a backup setup. I want as little fuss as possible both with HW recognition and functionality. Can any of you recommend a vendor/product ?
Hardware mostly works. However, there are some problems with the software. See this bug report for details:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=136665
Mostly, DVD-R media will work fine, DVD+R is the problematic one. Also, some people experienced kernel panics when attempting to burn any type of DVDs (while the same hardware burns CD-ROMs just fine).
Long story short, buy somewhere locally where you can walk in and bring it for full refund if you run into trouble (don't lock yourself with small store that has restocking fees, or does only exchanges and carries maybe two or three different models). Returning stuff by mail is usually too much fuss and usually you need to pay shipping (so, as I said, choose some big local store with good return policy).
Performance of the drive is not an issue. I get confused looking at all the "+/-RW +R double layer yada yada" when skimming the hardware lists..
Get the one that supports media you intend to use. Most today's models support both "+" and "-" standards (the older ones supported only one of them). Newer usually have dual layer support too. If you need DVD-RAM functionality, make sure the box explicitly says so (for example, newer models of LG writers will do all currently existing formats, including DVD-RAM). Most writers can't write to DVD-RAM, and not all readers can read them (which is shame, DVD-RAM is the ultimate rewritable media).
Said that, at work I have one Sony DRX-710UL burner that simply doesn't work with 2.6 kernels. First I had trouble with DVD+R media only, than after couple of kernel updates I started getting kernel panics with any type of DVD media. Well, at least it seems they are working on the kernel code ;-)
At home I have LG GSA-5163D. However, I never attempted connecting it to Linux box (my home Linux box has USB1.1 ports only). It works perfectly under Windows (but than, all of them do), and does all current DVD formats (+, -, R, RW, DVD-RAM and dual layer). Very fast, very reliable. The only media I haven't tested it with is dual layer (too expensive). It wrote to R, RW, and RAM media nicely.
Both mentioned models can be connected by either USB or firewire to the PC. Note that by default CentOS kernel does not have support for firewire, so that shouldn't be deciding factor (unless the writer has only firewire, in which case skip it, not going to work with default kernel). I tested my LG (on Windows box) with both USB and Firewire. Worked fine with both.
Aleksandar Milivojevic wrote:
Morten wrote:
Hi.
I need to install DVD writers in a CentOS box as part of a backup setup. I want as little fuss as possible both with HW recognition and functionality. Can any of you recommend a vendor/product ?
Hardware mostly works. However, there are some problems with the software. See this bug report for details:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=136665
Mostly, DVD-R media will work fine, DVD+R is the problematic one. Also, some people experienced kernel panics when attempting to burn any type of DVDs (while the same hardware burns CD-ROMs just fine).
Long story short, buy somewhere locally where you can walk in and bring it for full refund if you run into trouble (don't lock yourself with small store that has restocking fees, or does only exchanges and carries maybe two or three different models). Returning stuff by mail is usually too much fuss and usually you need to pay shipping (so, as I said, choose some big local store with good return policy).
Performance of the drive is not an issue. I get confused looking at all the "+/-RW +R double layer yada yada" when skimming the hardware lists..
Get the one that supports media you intend to use. Most today's models support both "+" and "-" standards (the older ones supported only one of them). Newer usually have dual layer support too. If you need DVD-RAM functionality, make sure the box explicitly says so (for example, newer models of LG writers will do all currently existing formats, including DVD-RAM). Most writers can't write to DVD-RAM, and not all readers can read them (which is shame, DVD-RAM is the ultimate rewritable media).
Said that, at work I have one Sony DRX-710UL burner that simply doesn't work with 2.6 kernels. First I had trouble with DVD+R media only, than after couple of kernel updates I started getting kernel panics with any type of DVD media. Well, at least it seems they are working on the kernel code ;-)
At home I have LG GSA-5163D. However, I never attempted connecting it to Linux box (my home Linux box has USB1.1 ports only). It works perfectly under Windows (but than, all of them do), and does all current DVD formats (+, -, R, RW, DVD-RAM and dual layer). Very fast, very reliable. The only media I haven't tested it with is dual layer (too expensive). It wrote to R, RW, and RAM media nicely.
Both mentioned models can be connected by either USB or firewire to the PC. Note that by default CentOS kernel does not have support for firewire, so that shouldn't be deciding factor (unless the writer has only firewire, in which case skip it, not going to work with default kernel). I tested my LG (on Windows box) with both USB and Firewire. Worked fine with both. _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Hi, we actually have a couple LG GSA-4160B in a box that's used as a multiple DVD writer. No issues, can write both +R/RW or -R/RW and double layer as well (even though I never tried double layer DVDs). We use either K3B or a simple script calling growisofs when in need of burning 2 DVD simultaneously.
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Hi, we actually have a couple LG GSA-4160B in a box that's used as a multiple DVD writer. No issues, can write both +R/RW or -R/RW and double layer as well (even though I never tried double layer DVDs). We use either K3B or a simple script calling growisofs when in need of burning 2 DVD simultaneously.
Neat. That's what I'll doing also. I will go for an LG or LiteOn device. Thanks all for the insightful comments.
Br,
Morten
Morten wrote:
I need to install DVD writers in a CentOS box as part of a backup setup. I want as little fuss as possible both with HW recognition and functionality. Can any of you recommend a vendor/product ?
Performance of the drive is not an issue. I get confused looking at all the "+/-RW +R double layer yada yada" when skimming the hardware lists..
No one ever got fired for buying a Plextor. :)
And I disagree with that LiteOn comment. On the upside they are super cheap but the CDRW drive I bought from them years ago couldn't read several types of media. Since then, I only buy Plextor drives and have never been disappointed.
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