sad but true he is running "mandrake 8.2" it is a mangled bulky distro based on redhat it should load all needed modules auto maticly when the hardware check at boot is done , i went thru all of this with my usb pen drive . try running hwbrowser, cdrecord --scanbus , or usbview the needed kernel modules for usb storage is usbcore usbstorage and uchi good luck , peace _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com
