Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] - What SATA CD-R/DVD-R drive manufacturer to buy?

[Mark Knecht]

On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 7:38 AM, Paul Hartman
<paul.hartman+gentoo@×××××.com> wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 17, 2010 at 2:25 PM, Mark Knecht <markknecht@×××××.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