From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 230CF138010 for ; Mon, 20 Aug 2012 10:24:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 0568AE05F9; Mon, 20 Aug 2012 10:23:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-1.ca.inter.net (mail-1.ca.inter.net [208.85.220.69]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E5443E05E8 for ; Mon, 20 Aug 2012 10:21:41 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (offload-3.ca.inter.net [208.85.220.70]) by mail-1.ca.inter.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id A94B82EA401 for ; Mon, 20 Aug 2012 06:21:41 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mail-1.ca.inter.net ([208.85.220.69]) by localhost (offload-3.ca.inter.net [208.85.220.70]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id a3Bs0CWPfQpd for ; Mon, 20 Aug 2012 06:21:41 -0400 (EDT) Received: from ca.inter.net (unknown [98.143.98.98]) by mail-1.ca.inter.net (Postfix) with SMTP id 35F222EA3B1 for ; Mon, 20 Aug 2012 06:21:40 -0400 (EDT) Received: by ca.inter.net (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Mon, 20 Aug 2012 06:21:39 -0400 Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2012 06:21:39 -0400 From: Philip Webb To: Gentoo User Subject: [gentoo-user] new machine : DVD drive Message-ID: <20120820102139.GB2928@ca.inter.net> Mail-Followup-To: Gentoo User Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Archives-Salt: 802e6e05-8854-4873-b579-f1edeb938b9f X-Archives-Hash: 06af2708ad53abb2b930f6a048cb1c58 Apologies for the elementary questions, but I'm a bit slow to change (smile). In designing my new machine, I assumed that I would simply transfer the CD drive from the existing box to the new one, but (1) the new mobo seems to have only SATA sockets & (2) CD drives seem to be going the same way as diskette drives, so I'm now planning to buy a new DVD drive & to start using DVDs. I wb using them only for back-ups, not playing music or videos. This looks like a good enough item : ASUS DRW-24B1ST 24x SATA Black R 48x W 8x OEM : CAD 24,99 Can anyone answer a few rather basic questions ? (1) do I need to configure the kernel to find the drive ? (2) what software do Gentoo users use to read/write DVDs ? (3) are there rewritable DVDs, as there used to be rewritable CDs ? -- among the specs are much slower speeds labelled 'RW'. (4) anything else I sb aware of ? -- ========================,,============================================ SUPPORT ___________//___, Philip Webb ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Cities Centre, University of Toronto TRANSIT `-O----------O---' purslowatchassdotutorontodotca