USB DVD-RW under OS4: Impressed

I have a slimline external USB DVD writer I use with my netbook. I happened to have left a DVD in it (written under Linux) that I'd tried previously with my usual internal DVD driver on my SAM, and that gave me errors under one particular directory.

Plugged in the USB DVD drive with the same disk, and it read it first time.

I then decided to push my luck a bit and try this USB drive with MakeCD, having no expectation of it being able to write to it.

CD-RW erase: check
CD-RW write: check
CD-RW session fixate: it took a couple of attempts, and I had to yank the drive out of USB after it had finished to get MakeCD to respond again, but that worked too!

I am amazed; I didn't realise we had such complete USB CD support. Or, indeed, any USB CD support.

good to hear! can you please post the make & model number of the USB CDRW on USB Devices that work under OS4.1 Update 5 updated thread.
I also add all the confirmed entries in the thread to intuitionbase.com

Hehe, well, we dont have any special USB CD support

It works because we have a rather good USB->IDE support. It wont work with drives which need a special driver for Windows, but the "driverless" ones will work. Its enough if the drive supports SCSI3 command set.

You could even use a very old Mitsumi IDE CD burner via a USB->IDE bridge, it will work (well, sort of, its a Mitsumi ), too

My 4000 has an internal SATA DVDRW drive.. it's connected via an "external" USB->SATA £5-off-eBay job to the Deneb.
I know it's not really OS4 specific, but it's still cool have a fast SATA DVDRW on my A4000. :)

Have to say good news in this topic :)

Bought Philips SPD4001CC slim DVD/RW for my MINI Mos3.1 but is not completly working..reading cd/dvd is work but burninng is not working...contact mos dev team but problem is in usbdisk.device..trying to get working version..

Today try it on my MicroA1 OS4.1 upd6 ...and gues what ?? is working :))) Try burn CD/DVD whit FryingPan and all is OK! No any error or crashes!

I like it! Thans OS4 develop team for OS4.1 :)