From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NWtgP-0001MA-FM for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 18 Jan 2010 15:38:25 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id D7F37E07FA; Mon, 18 Jan 2010 15:38:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-yw0-f174.google.com (mail-yw0-f174.google.com [209.85.211.174]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B2701E07FA for ; Mon, 18 Jan 2010 15:38:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ywh4 with SMTP id 4so809302ywh.10 for ; Mon, 18 Jan 2010 07:38:16 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:sender:received:in-reply-to :references:date:x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=fghUAQSJ3qJstEvbwnKQ3YPr98lNCjhOKIbehSOBWAw=; b=GO5kQrYXxlPSRrXQBG+ZhORQgXagR4wyXqMbYrGul3XiycALm6wEDMZY3Wf+dfy7FR YVmTAOJTWSlOjcg9SqvtYrsWLpzuWIubBdE5j3Be3lWXr2wt2KLpRBiypFjT1uKUZqvQ tw8aeap0hSJ3yUvMYHVC7SmOR2Artr8Lmp+kA= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; b=vndy/Wm7HK06X9TqYo6BcUHEAUgsvJVXJu6XXvN5HBpZx1thug1fJovNaFgD7k7rVz +4lOvqH5ERnDvTwR3SKzo+TWhcAj6KHY+e1cwyFK2Io+2eMw6NGHpfSj4Fbc4S2MsGzS fTlBrqK/NqOiGMiwnaGLrPb+MjfiXwUfxQKHg= 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 Sender: paul.hartman@gmail.com Received: by 10.150.243.5 with SMTP id q5mr5704639ybh.13.1263829096390; Mon, 18 Jan 2010 07:38:16 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <5bdc1c8b1001171225x7d936c55x7965074943f0a5e@mail.gmail.com> References: <5bdc1c8b1001171225x7d936c55x7965074943f0a5e@mail.gmail.com> Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2010 09:38:16 -0600 X-Google-Sender-Auth: c64b7805900a080d Message-ID: <58965d8a1001180738p1eae137jfc6451a30343dc07@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] - What SATA CD-R/DVD-R drive manufacturer to buy? From: Paul Hartman To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Archives-Salt: 633ec8da-551a-4fbd-a832-9b52804ffee5 X-Archives-Hash: fedf0885d13c9113f12ffe0af25db568 On Sun, Jan 17, 2010 at 2:25 PM, Mark Knecht wrote: > Hi, > My 5-year old gentoo-AMD64 machine when up in smoke this week so I'm > building a new machine. Most parts are on order but one big change > these days is the motherboards I want to purchase no longer support > EIDE/ATAPI interfaces so I'll have to get a new CD-R/DVD-R drive to > get the OS loaded and for writing mostly audio discs using > cdda2wav/cdrecord. While I understand firmware is often a problem on > these drives I'm wondering what drive manufacturers folks would > recommend these days as having the best results with cdrecord? I have a cheap Sony Optiarc (formerly NEC?) and it has worked fine for me for ripping and burning audio CDs, DVD+/-R (single and dual layer). It cost around $25 USD. I don't know if it is better or worse than any other brand but it seems to work for me anyway.