we are considering to buy a dvd200e to back up our huge data files in linux machines. I'm wondering if there is a dvd200e device driver for linux. The HP says that they don't have linux driver for dvd200e now. Is there anybody using the dvd200 in linux? In addition, I noticed that dvd200e uses a USB2.0. Does redhat 7.1 support it? Thanks in advance.
It looks like a fairly simple feat. Linux supports both USB2.0 (see http://www.linux-usb.org/usb2.html) as well as DVD+RW burning (see http://fy.chalmers.se/~appro/linux/DVD+RW/ ). You probably don't need a driver specific to the dvd200e. Just mount the file system and burn! (Once you are configured properly!)
Latest official kernel 2.4.19 include USB 2.0 codes. But I don't think RedHat will release 2.4.19 RPM for RH7.1. So what you need is download source tar ball then create your own kernel.
Hi, I'm just testing the 2.4.19 kernel for dvd200e writer. Previous attempts with 2.4.18 kernel has (obviously) fail (the dvd writer is seen as a CD-RW unit) apparently becaus ethere is not ehci-usb support. I have read on the linux-usb site that some kernel patches could be required. I wonder if someone has test those patches and if someone knows some modules ehci-usb code for 2.4.18 kernels.
