On November 14, 2003 04:42 pm, Joel Uckelman wrote: > Thus spake Fotios Nastos: > > On November 14, 2003 03:23 pm, Joel Uckelman wrote: > > > Thus spake Fotios Nastos: > > > > I am thinking of gettig a USB external DVD burner. Are USB external > > > > burners as easy to use as internals? Perhaps a better question: are > > > > USB writers supported? Thanks. > > > > > > Yes, and yes. I burned my Fedora CDs on one in RH9, and my Fedora > > > Source CDs on one in FC1. Mine is an LG GCE-8520B in a USB enclosure. > > > Setup amounted to plugging it in. One caveat is that if you don't have > > > USB 2.0, your burn speed will be rather poor. (I'm able to burn > > > reliably at about 40x with the burner hooked to my USB 2.0 card.) > > > > Thank you very much. It does appear from > > http://www.togaware.com/linux/survivor/Mass_Storage0.html > > and a couple of similar sites that some people are having trouble with > > DVDs. But I'll try to figure it out. Cheers. > > Oh. Hold on. I misread. I was talking about my *CD* burner. I don't have a > DVD burner. Oops. Yes, the 40x part gave that away. Anyway, Iwill borrow one first, and try it out. In principle it should work...
