Hi: I have just purchased a used AST Ascentia 810N notebook pc. This system doesn't have a cd rom drive, so I am forced to use a PCMCIA-enabled one to install Debian. Could anyone tell me if the Debian 2.0 CD (I just bought the official user guide with the cds included) contains the drivers to recognize this kind of cd rom drive? I don't have the drive yet either, as I am shopping around, but would appreciate any advice/experiences you might care to report.
Thanks David Mussington I can see it now, robotic dogs chasing Furbys up binary trees!! Aaaargh!