[mythtv-users] External DVD Drive

Ma Begaj derliebegott at gmail.com
Thu Oct 25 08:08:06 UTC 2007


I have one dvd drive working with my laptop for years already. These
all drives are usually USB (2.0) and there should not be any problems
for you.

M.



2007/10/25, Tom R. <sillyhed2000 at hotmail.com>:
>
>  Desktop cases are hard to find these days, and I want one to fit into my
> cabinet. However, the form factor of the only desktop case(s) I can find are
> too small to fit a motherboard of 4 PCI slots (suitable for tv/sound cards
> and future expansion). Therefore, I'm throwing a tower case on its side
> behind the cabinet doors, with an external dvd drive poking out on one of
> the shelves. As far as I'm aware, that'll be a USB2.0 device.
>
> So, the point; do external dvd drives work fine with linux/mythtv/knoppmyth?
> Will I have any trouble here? Will it act like a normal internal drive, or
> will it appear under a different /dev node? etc.
>
> Also, while I'm here - will the internals (particularly harddrives) suffer
> any damage from being on their side?
>
> Thanks.
>
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