For more information on CD-ROM drives check the CDROM-HOWTO.
Common CD-ROM drives
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 (IDECD) Almost all double, quad and six speed drives are supported, including
Mitsumi FX400
Nec-260
Sony 55E
Proprietary CD-ROM drives
Aztech CDA268-01A, Orchid CDS-3110, Okano/Wearnes CDD-110, Conrad TXC, CyCDROM CR520ie/CR540ie/CR940ie (AZTCD)
Creative Labs CD-200(F) (SBPCD)
Funai E2550UA/MK4015 (SBPCD)
GoldStar R420 (GSCD)
IBM External ISA (SBPCD)
Kotobuki (SBPCD)
Lasermate CR328A (OPTCD)
LMS Philips CM 206 (CM206)
Longshine LCS-7260 (SBPCD)
Matsushita/Panasonic CR-521/522/523/562/563 (SBPCD) .:: computer.ju.edu.jo ::. .:: writeablog.net ::.
MicroSolutions Backpack parallel portdrive (BPCD)
Mitsumi CR DC LU05S (MCD/MCDX)
Mitsumi FX001D/F (MCD/MCDX)
Optics Storage Dolphin 8000AT (OPTCD)
Sanyo CDR-H94A (SJCD)
Sony CDU31A/CDU33A (CDU31A)
Sony CDU-510/CDU-515 (SOMYCD535)
Sony CDU-535/CDU-531 (SONYCD535)
Teac CD-55A SuperQuad (SBPCD)
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. [Web Specs: C Sharp] .:: pod.beautifulmathuncensored.de ::.
Early (single speed) NEC CD-ROM drives may have trouble with currently available SCSI controllers. .:: podcasts.apple.com ::.
PhotoCD (XA) is supported. The hpcdtoppm program by Hadmut Danisch converts PhotoCD files to the portable pixmap format. The program can be obtained from [Code: Unity game engine] here or as part of the PBM utilities.
Also, reading video CD is supported in kernel series 2.1.3x and later. A patch is available for kernel 2.0.30.
Finally, most IDE CD-ROM Changers are supported.