External DVD burner: a query

[Fotios Nastos]

On November 14, 2003 04:42 pm, Joel Uckelman wrote:
> Thus spake Fotios Nastos:
> > On November 14, 2003 03:23 pm, Joel Uckelman wrote:
> > > Thus spake Fotios Nastos:
> > > > I am thinking of gettig a USB external DVD burner.  Are USB external
> > > > burners as easy to use as internals?  Perhaps a better question: are
> > > > USB writers supported?  Thanks.
> > >
> > > Yes, and yes. I burned my Fedora CDs on one in RH9, and my Fedora
> > > Source CDs on one in FC1. Mine is an LG GCE-8520B in a USB enclosure.
> > > Setup amounted to plugging it in. One caveat is that if you don't have
> > > USB 2.0, your burn speed will be rather poor. (I'm able to burn
> > > reliably at about 40x with the burner hooked to my USB 2.0 card.)
> >
> > Thank you very much.  It does appear from
> > 	http://www.togaware.com/linux/survivor/Mass_Storage0.html
> > and a couple of similar sites that some people are having trouble with
> > DVDs. But I'll try to figure it out.  Cheers.
>
> Oh. Hold on. I misread. I was talking about my *CD* burner. I don't have a
> DVD burner. Oops.

Yes, the 40x part gave that away.  Anyway, Iwill borrow one first, and try it 
out.  In principle it should work...