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Apologies for the elementary questions, but I'm a bit slow to change (smile). |
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In designing my new machine, I assumed that I would simply transfer |
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the CD drive from the existing box to the new one, |
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but (1) the new mobo seems to have only SATA sockets |
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& (2) CD drives seem to be going the same way as diskette drives, |
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so I'm now planning to buy a new DVD drive & to start using DVDs. |
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I wb using them only for back-ups, not playing music or videos. |
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This looks like a good enough item : |
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ASUS DRW-24B1ST 24x SATA Black R 48x W 8x OEM : CAD 24,99 |
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Can anyone answer a few rather basic questions ? |
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(1) do I need to configure the kernel to find the drive ? |
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(2) what software do Gentoo users use to read/write DVDs ? |
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(3) are there rewritable DVDs, as there used to be rewritable CDs ? |
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-- among the specs are much slower speeds labelled 'RW'. |
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(4) anything else I sb aware of ? |
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