You do not necessarily have to have SCSI, though, if you can see your way clear to buying SCSI equipment (it is more expensive, but the performance gains, IMO, are worth it), you're better off.
The primary issue with IDE (in spite of things like ATA/100, etc) is this: While you can have 2 drives on a chain, the system can only access one of those drives at a time. So, if you happen to have your CD-ROM on /dev/hdc and your writer on /dev/hdd, the machine has to read from hdc, stop, write to hdd, stop, read from hdc, stop, write to hdd, etc. The only way around that is to have your CD-ROM on one cable, and your writer on the other. However, whichever drive is on the same cable with the hard drive, that drive will be stopped every time the system has to access the hard drive. SCSI cards have their own processor, and they offload the disk I/O from the main processor. SCSI is parallel tasking. You can read/write from/to every device on a SCSI chain, at the same time. The reason I mention this is that when writing a CD, you need a constant stream of data, or you risk making a coaster instead of a CD. The start/stop of the IDE system means that you risk data stream interruption. Newer burners do have larger buffers, which helps keep the data flowing, but it's still a risk that I'd prefer not to take. On Thu, 9 May 2002, Harry Putnam wrote: > Trying to slip in some OT questions by using an unusual subject line. > > But It is actually part of the possible answer. > > I've never tinkered with cd read/write equipment. And a little > bewildered by the plethora of equipment out there. > > I want to be able to write to a writable cd. Both data and music. > Read it etc. Hopefully in a way that is most likely to work on other > equipment. > > My feeble understanding is that this would require possibly two pieces > of equipment. > > I haven't done my home work really since I don't really know what it > takes to do this. > > So, I hoped maybe someone experienced in this would tell me what > equipment is required and what is known to work with Linux without > major hacking/headaches. > > I have always had and all IDE setup so not really familiar with scsi > hookups either. Unless there are major advantages for cd read/write > specifically, I'd as soon stay with IDE, and not have to add scsi cards > or whatever. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Redhat-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
