External USB Blu-Ray drives under Linux?

[dbmacg-HLeSyJ3qPdM at public.gmane.org]

You're welcome.


Try:

http://cgi.ebay.ca/USB-2-0-SATA-IDE-CABLE-ADAPTER-4-DVD-CD-HARD-DRIVE-/330543859707?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_2&hash=item4cf5f307fb

Please let us know about the sources and costs for blank media.

Dunc



> Thanks, Duncan, that sounds hopeful. I'll give it a shot.
>
> Peter
>
>> I have a generic adapter (USB to 2.5" IDE, 3'5" IDE, and SATA) that
>> works
>> fine on hard drives and DVD burners. Brasero and k3b work fine with
>> that,
>> and say that they work with Blu-Ray as  well. I do not yet have a
>> blu-ray
>> burner, but I plan to get one when media costs come down.
>> (generic USB/IDE/SATA adapters are available on Ebay).
>>
>> Duncan
>>
>>> Folks -
>>>
>>> I've outgrown by DVD storage, so I'm considering upgrading to an
>>> external
>>> USB connected Blu-Ray burner. Using an external USB-connected hard
>>> drive
>>> works great on this Suse Linux box, so I'm hoping there is a similar
>>> solution for Blu-Ray.
>>>
>>> Any comments on the feasibility of this? Does it require special
>>> software
>>> or can you simply mount the drive and copy to it?
>>>
>>> Any advice would be appreciated. Here's the description of this system:
>>>
>>> cat /etc/issue
>>> Welcome to openSUSE 10.3 (i586) - Kernel \r (\l).
>>>
>>> cat /proc/version
>>> Linux version 2.6.22.19-0.4-default (geeko at buildhost) (gcc version
>>> 4.2.1
>>> (SUSE Linux)) #1 SMP 2009-08-14 02:09:16 +0200
>>>
>>> Peter
>>>
>>>
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>>> 647-839-0325
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> USB Oscilloscope and Waveform Generator
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