[TriLUG] DVD Drives for Linux

[Chuck Mead]

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On Fri, 18 Jan 2002, Joe Meador posted the following:

JM>Hi,
JM>
JM>In my department we have an SGI box that runs a large database that is
JM>updated every couple of months via 9 CDs.  The database is getting so large
JM>that upgrades will soon be on DVD media rather than CDs.  Since it appears
JM>SGI doesn't have DVD Drives, we are thinking of putting a DVD drive in a
JM>linux computer and mounting it via NFS.  The software requires the user to
JM>copy the data on a local directory rather than copying directly from the DVD
JM>ROM drive, so the extra time to copy several gigs of data via NFS shouldn't
JM>matter too much.  What makes / models would you all suggest, and is there
JM>anything in particular I'll need to do on the software side (kernel upgrade,
JM>etc) to make sure Linux can read the DVD?   It's currently running RH 7.0 /
JM>2.2.17.  We don't care to watch DVD movies or anything, just need the extra
JM>capacity of the DVDs. :-)

My dvd worked with RH7.1 and it works now with 7.2.

I dunno from 7.0.

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