[Gllug] Re: Will external CD/DVD-writers work with Knoppix?

[Garry Heaton]

Garry Heaton wrote:
> I'm considering buying an external CD-writer or maybe a DVD-writer and
> have 2 questions:
> 
> 1. Can external CD-writers and external DVD-writers be accessed via
> Knoppix or any similar ramdrive Linux/BSD distros for the purpose of
> data recovery/backup or do these devices require software which
> typically only runs on Windows?
> 
> 2. If these devices can be accessed via such a distribution is there any
>  OS CD/DVD-burning software available which can be run from the
> command-line? The reason I would like to be able to recover/backup data
> on machines which have less than the 87Mb RAM required by Knoppix to run
> with a window manager. Knoppix is capable of running with only 12Mb RAM
> in command-line mode.
> 
> Any recommendations for Linux/Knoppix friendliness?
> 
> Garry Heaton

After a bit of research I realise the external DVD-writer is a
non-starter so the question is now limited to external CD-writers.

Garry Heaton




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