Kreuger Posted February 2, 2008 Share Posted February 2, 2008 Hey guys I'm getting a new computer (just ordered the parts) and I had to get a SATA dvd burner as apparently most motherboards these days only support one IDE drive. Well I remember reading a few times that Linux tends to have trouble with using SATA drives but I recall them usually being hard drives. Does anyone know anything about support for dvd burners? The model is Samsung SH-S203N. Any help is appreciated :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pjak Posted February 2, 2008 Share Posted February 2, 2008 ...as apparently most motherboards these days only support one IDE drive... you mean one channel - therefore two IDE drives are supported. anyway, just try to use the latest kernel for your distro - it should include enough support for your burner... also, (regularly) check for firmware updates here: http://www.samsungodd.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kreuger Posted February 2, 2008 Author Share Posted February 2, 2008 Apparently the motherboard I bought has a slightly bad layout making it hard to link two IDE drives onto one cable so it's out of the question anyway. Thanks for the correction and link though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foub Posted February 2, 2008 Share Posted February 2, 2008 Hey guys I'm getting a new computer (just ordered the parts) and I had to get a SATA dvd burner as apparently most motherboards these days only support one IDE drive. Well I remember reading a few times that Linux tends to have trouble with using SATA drives but I recall them usually being hard drives. Does anyone know anything about support for dvd burners? The model is Samsung SH-S203N. Any help is appreciated :) About the SATA Harddrive under Linux. My HD is a SATA and I haven't had any problems with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david.rothera Posted February 2, 2008 Share Posted February 2, 2008 Most SATA burners (or at least ones that I have encountered at work) all emulate themselves as regular IDE drives anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skyfrog Posted February 2, 2008 Share Posted February 2, 2008 SATA is still IDE, just a different interface. The only issue I know of was with early SATA motherboards that used a seperate third party chip for the controller, and thus needed drivers. This affected Windows as well. Now that SATA is supported natively by the chipset is should be completely transparent to the OS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian M. Veteran Posted February 2, 2008 Veteran Share Posted February 2, 2008 My box upstairs running Fedora 8 works perfectly fine with a SATA dvd burner. Shift also boots perfectly fine from it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kreuger Posted February 2, 2008 Author Share Posted February 2, 2008 Thanks everyone. Now I'm just wondering how well Lightscribe is going to work. I've gotten a program to try using. Anyone have experience with it? Also a couple other questions about Lightscribe. Are there specific discs you need to use? Also, can you put a label onto a disc that already has a written label (with a cd pen)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian M. Veteran Posted February 2, 2008 Veteran Share Posted February 2, 2008 Thanks everyone. Now I'm just wondering how well Lightscribe is going to work. I've gotten a program to try using. Anyone have experience with it? Also a couple other questions about Lightscribe. Are there specific discs you need to use? Also, can you put a label onto a disc that already has a written label (with a cd pen)? You will need a special "Lightscribe" disk, such as http://www.pcwb.com/catalogue/item/VER43576?cidp=Froogle You can probably get them cheaper, but it gives you something to look for ;). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kreuger Posted February 3, 2008 Author Share Posted February 3, 2008 You can probably get them cheaper, but it gives you something to look for wink.gif. Thank you sir :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jamesyfx Subscriber² Posted February 9, 2008 Subscriber² Share Posted February 9, 2008 Keep in mind those are DVD+R's, which you will find are a pain in the butt when it comes to compatibility. Whenever you get DVD's, make sure you get DVD-R's. Some people might disagree, but take a DVD+R full of pictures to a printing kiosk (for example), and it's not gonna happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kreuger Posted February 9, 2008 Author Share Posted February 9, 2008 Yeah I've always used DVD-R so far and never had a problem so I wasn't going to change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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