Vaio PCG-GRV680 DVD-/+RW CD-RW Combo Drive

[gonefishing]

I'm confused by your post - are you saying that XP Pro won't regognize the burner for what it is, or that Knoppix won't, or both?

Good luck
JD

You are correct, I am saying that XP Pro won't regognize the burner for what it is. As for Knoppix I'm unable to determine if it does as it doesn't seem to have any DVD authoring apps which is why I've downloaded Medialilnux.iso and dvdauthor6 as possible solutions. I'm wondering if it would be easier to do an apt get (which I have not done yet) with dvdauthor6 or install MediaLinux what do you think?

A quick way to check if it recognized the burner is cdrecord -scanbus when booted from Knoppix if it is seen then you would have to install to the HD to be able to include a line in the /etc/apt/sources.list to install the latest k3b which supports writing to DVD.

Installed Knoppix 3.3 to hd and am dual booting using Gag no problems. Now ready to install the latest k3b. Need help picking the specific version of k3b as well as how to include a line in the /etc/apt/sources.list to install the latest k3b....Can you point me in the right direction?