[plug] CD Writers

[Shackleton, Kevin]

If you're going to install Linux on a completely separate drive, why worry
about the CD burner - they're a very expensive way to get into storing data
when you compare them with a new 4 GB  hard drive at half the price.

I'd set up Linux with only your Linux drive in the machine (as hda, the
primary IDE master drive), then when that's going add your old Windows drive
as hdb or hdc and set up lilo to dual boot.

K.

> ----------
> From: 	Daniel Pearson[SMTP:abandonware at iname.com]
> Reply To: 	plug at linux.org.au
> Sent: 	Sunday, 20 June 1999 10:32
> To: 	plug at linux.org.au
> Subject: 	[plug] CD Writers
> 
> Hey everyone, I'm going to buy a CD - Writer so I can back up my
> Hard-Drive
> before I install linux. I have a Cyrix 6x86 P120, 16MB RAM, or a Intel
> P90,
> 32MB RAM. Which one should i put it on? And also would a Sony 2x4x24 IDE
> burner for $520-550 be worth it?
> 
> Cheers
> Daniel Pearson
>