On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 7:38 AM, Paul Hartman <paul.hartman+gen...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sun, Jan 17, 2010 at 2:25 PM, Mark Knecht <markkne...@gmail.com> 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. >
I just ordered an OptiArc 7240S from NewEgg this morning on a similar recommendation from the cdrtools list. Just curious - have you attempted any firmware upgrades from within Linux? Have you tried (or do you know about) the Liggy and Dee firmware? Thanks for the info. Cheers, Mark
