14. CD-ROM drives

14.1 Supported

• SCSI CD-ROM drives
  (From the CD-ROM HOWTO) Any SCSI CD-ROM drive with a block size of 512 or 2048 bytes should work under Linux; this includes the vast majority of CD-ROM drives on the market.
• EIDE (ATAPI) CD-ROM drives
• Aztech CDA268, Orchid CDS-3110, Okano/Wearnes CDD-110, Conrad TXC
• GoldStar R420
• LMS Philips CM 206
• Matsushita/Panasonic, Creative Labs, Longshine, Kotobuki (SBPCD)
• Mitsumi
• Optics Storage Dolphin 8000AT
• Sanyo H94A
• Sony CDU31A/CDU33A
• Sony CDU-535/CDU-531
• Teac CD-55A SuperQuad

14.2 Others

• LMS/Philips CM 205/225/202
  ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/kernel/patches/cdrom/lmscd0.3d.tar.gz
• Mitsumi FX001D/F (alternate drivers)
  ftp://ftp.gwdg.de//pub/linux/cdrom/drivers/mitsumi/mcdx-1.0a.tar.gz
• NEC CDR-35D (old)
  ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/kernel/patches/cdrom/linux-neccdr35d.patch
• Sony SCSI multisession CD-XA
  ftp://tsx-11.mit.edu/pub/linux/patches/sony-multi-0.00.tar.gz

14.3 Notes

PhotoCD (XA) is supported.

All CD-ROM drives should work similarly for reading data. There are various compatibility problems with audio CD playing utilities. (Especially with newer low-end NEC drives.) Some alpha drivers may not have audio support yet.

Early (single speed) NEC CD-ROM drives may have trouble with currently available SCSI controllers.