[plug] DVD ROM

[Sol]

DVDROMs do CDROM too. They come with both blue and red lasers. There are no 
issues that I'm aware of with regular IDE DVDROMs. Knoppix shouldn't have any 
trouble autodetecting them. 

cheers; sol


On Wednesday 02 July 2003 15:09, Milan Pospisil wrote:
> Hi Folks,
>                Yesterday, when running Knoppix, my old CD ROM drive decided
> to tender its resignation effective immediately and without any prior
> notice. Just so about five seconds of a high pitch noise and that was it.
> Does it make any sense to replace it with another CD ROM drive(which I
> would have to buy as I do not have any spare one available) or does a DVD
> ROM drive fully supersede the old CD ROM ie.will I lose something by not
> having one? When it comes to DVD ROMs are there any hardware compatibility
> problems with respect to Linux I should beware of?  (Sony, LG, LiteOn
> etc.). Any advise or comment would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.
>                                     Milan Pospisil

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