[lug] SCSI DVD writers?

Gary Hodges Gary.Hodges at noaa.gov
Fri Jun 18 14:34:10 MDT 2004


Ed Moxley wrote:

>On Fri, 2004-06-18 at 14:13, Gary Hodges wrote:
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>>Is there a SCSI DVD+/-RW out there?  I have a full SCSI system with the 
>>exception of a Sony DVD +/-RW drive.  When I'm using the DVD drive my 
>>system performance really drags.  At some point in the near future I 
>>will be producing a lot of data DVD's and I would like to be able to use 
>>my computer for other tasks while writing the disks.  I've searched a 
>>few times over the past couple of months, but haven't been able to come 
>>up with a SCSI DVD writer.
>>
>>Gary
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>Don't see anything other than dvdram devices in scsi.  Have you
>considered an atapi-scsi convertor for your existing drive?
>
>http://www.linuxhardware.org/article.pl?sid=02/12/19/145230&mode=thread
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Thanks for the pointer.  It looks like it would suit my purpose fine, 
though I wish they would have done a test with a CDRW or DVDRW as well.  
I'll likely buy one of these soon and report back on how it works.

Gary




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