Which DVDs are supported by Linux?

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Sean P McNamee

2005-10-12 19:23:03 UTC

I want to buy a DVD +/-RW drive, and I need to find out which ones are
supported. Therefore, I'm looking for resources to find out about driver
support in the kernel.

I am currently using Ubuntu "Hoary Hedgehog: release w/ kernel version
2.6.10, BTW.

Thanks!

Sean P McNamee

2005-10-12 20:44:15 UTC

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Clarification:
I'm not asking whoch ones are supported - I'm asking where to get info
like this. I don't expect anyone to do my homework for me...

Thanks!

femke

2005-10-15 08:52:50 UTC

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linux sucks!

Sean P McNamee

2005-10-16 20:49:00 UTC

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Not as well as you do!

Post by femke
linux sucks!

AnonymousFC3

2005-11-28 22:37:38 UTC

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Sean:
I have an LG-4163B
There is a newer model (just a bit faster): LG GSA-4167B
<http://www.cdfreaks.com/article/242>

I have been extremely pleased with the 4163B:
I use DVD-RAM which its support too, with Fedora4 and SUSE 10.0
Never a hitch, very reliable, fast stable.

There is no need to use a special kernel: the drive is detected... and works
just out of the box with kernel 2.6.x based Linuxes.

Just a little thing:
I have DVD+R X 16 RIDATA media, they work perfectly (at full speed) with
the same system on Windows Xp SP2, but on FC4 they write slow.
This is obviously a software issue.
It may have been fixed (did not try on SUSE 10.0 since I upgraded).

DVDX16 is nice: write 4.7 GB in about 5 mn, verify is about just as long.

AFC4
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Post by Sean P McNamee
I want to buy a DVD +/-RW drive, and I need to find out which ones are
supported. Therefore, I'm looking for resources to find out about driver
support in the kernel.
I am currently using Ubuntu "Hoary Hedgehog: release w/ kernel version
2.6.10, BTW.
Thanks!

James McIninch

2006-10-20 19:53:51 UTC

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ATAPI(IDE), SCSI, USB, and FIREWIRE models are supported (all of them).