FWIW over a year ago I purchased a Memorex DVD dual+-format double layer
external usb/firewire recorder, has been working with SL4 and SL5, playing
movies and recording backups onto data DVD's.

DVD+r/-r: 16x write
DVD+R9 (dual-layer) 4x write
DVD+RW/-RW 4x rewrite
DVD-ROM 16x read
CD-R 48x write
CD-RW 24x rewrite
CD-ROM 48x read
hi-speed usb 2.0, firewire

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Dan W.

On Fri, Jul 27, 2007 at 05:39:36PM -0700, Michael Hannon wrote:
> Hi, folks.  We're in the market for an external DVD writer with a USB 
> interface that works with Scientific Linux.  This could be SL 3, 4, or 
> 5.  The format doesn't much matter either, i.e., +R, -R, +RW, -RW.  Some 
> of the guys here just want to dump some data.
> 
> If you have any recommendations (positive or negative) about such 
> devices, please let me know.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> 					- Mike
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