> So how well do IDE burners work with Linux? Do I have to use SCSI emulation > to make it work? Yes, you have to use ide-scsi. Which would work great, but they manage to break it every few kernel versions. :P I was using kernel 2.2.15 for, ummm, tens of burns and never had a problem. But along came .16 and .17 and suddenly I get random SCSI errors that abort the burn. If I was trying to burn an entire disk I was lucky if it would complete. I've since moved to 2.4-test9 and test10 and have had no problems burning CDs. Go fig. :P > My SCSI burner just died, and I'm thinking of buying the TDK VeloCD from > buy.com. $259 + 50pk CDR's, and a $50 rebate. Does the burning software > have to know about the Burn-Proof feature for it to work? Even without burn-proof, IDE burners work quite well these days, they all have 1-2mb buffers. Mine doesn't have burn-proof, yet I've tried very hard to make it harf but have never been able to. I've got a Philips PCA460RW, 4-2-16x burner. And yes, burn-proof has to be supported by the burner software, but if you look at cdrecord's home page it has burn-proof logos pasted all over it, so I think its supported. ;)