[plug] Debian support for newest CD Writers

[Ben Jensz]

I've got a Ricoh MP7200A as well, I haven't tried it in Linux yet
though.

Justlink is software dependent though, thats why it comes with Nero 5.5.
The JustLink substitute on Acer burners is firmware based, so its
independent of burning software, but it can mark the CD in places where
it stops and re-fills the buffer up again and make the CD not read
properly in some CD drives.

If you've got a fast enough computer, then you can burn CDs at 20x
without worrying about JustLink having to do anything anyway.

You could always try to get Nero working through Wine if you wanted
JustLink in Linux :p


/ Ben

-----Original Message-----
From: Beau Kuiper [mailto:kuiperba at cs.curtin.edu.au] 
Sent: Saturday, 29 December 2001 12:43 AM
To: plug at plug.linux.org.au
Subject: Re: [plug] Debian support for newest CD Writers


On Friday 28 December 2001 18:12, Harry McNally wrote:
> Folks
>
> I'm looking at CD Writers at http://www.austin.net.au and reviews in 
> http://www6.tomshardware.com/storage/01q4/011213/index.html and Linux 
> compatibility at http://wt.xpilot.org/cgi-bin/winni/lsc.pl
>
> Austin have Sony (model 24x10x40 Power Burn OEM but likely a 
> CRX175E81X which Tom's points out doesn't support overburn). Similarly

> priced is the Ricoh 7200A. There are others but none are on Winifred's

> compatibility list.
>
> Has anyone bought a recent CD Writer and set it up under Debian Woody 
> ?
>
> Am I right in thinking the emulated SCSI commands haven't changed and 
> it should kick into life anyway ?
>
> Any other monumentous (cavernous ?) pitfalls with these gadgets ?
>
> The most recent PLUG chat was about Chris Andre's Sony CDU928E which 
> is on the compatible list.
>
> Please RTFM! me if there's more after 
> http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Hardware-HOWTO/cdr.html and the links to

> Winifred's most recent lists (dated 2000) ?
>

I got a ricoh 7200A a couple of weeks ago. They are great and work fine
under 
linux. Justlink seems to work without any software support (or it is 
transparent to the user), and I can write at any speed I want (up to 20x
max 
that the burner supports). Just use IDE-SCSI emulation like old drives
and it 
is fine.

The only downfalls are:

1) The drive gets awfully confused if you cancel a cd burn using
control-C, 
requiring a reboot.
2) You need to eject the disk after a simulated write to make the drive
work 
correctly.

There is a more detailed review of the Ricoh on www.cdrinfo.com

Beau Kuiper
kuiperba at cs.curtin.edu.au