[Gllug] usb dvd writer

[Tim Gray]

How about you buy a 5.25" external drive case[1] and put an internal
burner in there. There is some other potentially helpful stuff on
google[2] as well


[1] Try http://www.starmount.co.uk/scsi_case.htm or
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/scsi.htm (at the bottom)
[2] http://www.google.com/search?q=uk++scsi+case


Tim

> -----Original Message-----
> From: gllug-admin at linux.co.uk 
> [mailto:gllug-admin at linux.co.uk] On Behalf Of Stephen Harker
> Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2003 3:13 PM
> To: gllug at linux.co.uk
> Subject: Re: [Gllug] usb dvd writer
> 
> 
> On Tuesday 25 March 2003 11:32 am, Daniel Andersson wrote:
> > > Is there any compelling reason why the burner needs to be 
> external? 
> > > DVD writers are fairly expensive and an external on could quite 
> > > easily walk out of the office. Can USB (version 1 rated 
> at 12 Mbps ) 
> > > support the 10.4 Mbps (1x burn speed = 1.3MB/s*8) 
> bandwidth required 
> > > for a DVD burner? Even if it was they only device on the 
> root hub I 
> > > would say probably not. Best bet IMHO is get an internal SCSI.
> >
> > it's not in an office, it's co-located and rackmounted
> > no space left in the server :(
> >
> > and it would be USB 2 which is rated at 480 Mbps, so that should be 
> > okay
> 
> Bear in mind that USB2.0 is still "experimental". It mostly 
> works but not 
> always and usually only with the newest kernels. YMMV.
> SteveH
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