[NBLUG/talk] HP CD Writer

[troy]

On Sun, Oct 03, 2004 at 11:23:47PM -0700, Alan Bloom wrote:
> It works!  But I had to cheat.

> Instead, I took a suggestion from Bill Marlin and opened the CD writer
> case:  Inside was a standard IDE drive connected via an interface board
> to the rear-panel parallel printer connector.  I just removed the drive,
> installed it in a spare bay in the computer and the next time I booted
> up Linux, it recognized the new drive automagically.  Thanks Bill!

Sweet!  I had no idea those things were built that way.  This is good
info to have.  Thanks for letting us know how you got it working!

-troy