Subject: Re: USB CD Writer
To: Lennart Augustsson <lennart@augustsson.net>
From: Steven Grunza <steven_grunza@ieee.org>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 08/18/2000 11:30:36
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I have a Sony Spressa USB CD-RW drive connected to a Dell XPS T600. 
It hangs the boot process if it is powered up.

At 11:22 AM 8/17/00 -0400, Lennart Augustsson wrote:
>Kim Raymoure wrote:
>
>> Dear Sir or Madam,
>>
>> http://www.netbsd.org/Hardware/usb.html
>>
>> I'm trying to buy an external CD Writer right now that'll run on
>> my NetBSD box and with my g3 mac, so I'm currently looking at USB
>> writers. Can you possibly point me to some information on USB
>> controllers and CD Writers for NetBSD?  In an ideal universe,
>> someone would just say "Buy X and you're set" <GRiN>, but I'm just
>> struggling to find a resource that'll definitely tell me I'll be
>> golden with a certain product. 
>
>I'm afraid I have no good advice.  I've not heard of anyone using a
>USB CD writer with NetBSD.  That doesn't mean it won't work, but I
>have no recommendations. I do have access to a LaCie CD writer, so I
>could make some tests.
>
>    -- Lennart
>
>
>

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