Re: DVD writer and IDE support...

[aeriksson]

> 
> What brand/model drive is this?
> 
It's an AOPEN  DUW1608/ARR 
http://usa.aopen.com/products/dvd+rw/DUW1608ARR.htm

Should I consider changing it? (I got an 'if this doesn't run on Linux 
I can trade it in' warranty at the shop)

> It is possible to get very weird errors if you have unsupported media in
> the drive and some drives don't like certain media types.  Sometimes a
> firmware update on the drive fixes it although it usually requires
> windows (or sometimes dos) to install the update (or linux will do if
> the drive is a plextor).
> 
I noticed a firmware upgrade on the web page (.exe) will try to get a 
dos disk running... Sigh...

/Anders


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