Re: copying multiple DVDs

How about using USB DVD-RW drives? I haven't checked prices of external DVD
drives, but I imagine that will allow you to get up and running quickly, if
that's a requirement.

Ramon Tayag


On Sun, Apr 13, 2014 at 11:40 PM, Roberto Verzola <[email protected]>wrote:

> I'd like to build a Linux machine that will simultaneously burn several
> (say, 10) DVDs from an original ISO file. It is our DVD, so no copyright
> issue is involved here.
>
> I find burning from a single burner too slow, if I want to burn, say, 100
> copies quickly.
>
> What I have in mind is to connect 10 burners to one machine. Then, to have
> 10 instances of K3B (or some similar disk-burning software, K3B is best
> though...) running, each instance using 1 of the 10 burners.
>
> Is this at all possible? The PCs I've seen have at most 4 SATA ports, and
> one of these is for the hard drive. That leaves only 3 for 3 burners.
>
> If I connect a DVD burner to SATA ports 2, 3, and 4 (#1 is used by the
> hard disk), will this idea work?
>
> How do I connect more than 4 SATA drives to a PC?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Obet Verzola
>
> PS. To the curious: I work with farmers and we have a training video for
> farmers that we produce on demand, and sometimes we need to do so quickly.
>
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