How supported are SATA DVD burners?

[Søren Schmidt]

On 12/5/06, Martin Nilsson <martin at gneto.com> wrote:
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>
> I'm considering buing one "Samsung S183 18x DVD±R/RW DL, S-ATA" drive to
> use with my intel DG965SS desktop board where the Marvell ATA controller
> is not yet supported.
>
> Will a SATA DVD burner work as well as an ATA connected drive? I know
> there have been issues in the past, and I can't find anything in the man
> pages for 6.2 or current. (which is what the box will run)


SATA ATAPI is not supported yet but in the works (as lots of other things I
know :/ )
BTW it also needs a SATA controller that supports it and that we can get
documentation for to work.

-Søren