----- Original Message ----- From: Charlie Mahan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [newbie] installing a CDRW
> > Wednesday 07 January 2004 5:40 am, Angus Auld wrote: > > Greetings, I am waiting for the arrival of my CDRW drive, > > which I am going to install in my Dell computer to replace > > the LG CD-ROM (one of the "affected" models for 9.2). > > > > I am dual-booting Mandrake 9.1 with Windows on this box, > > and I would like to ask what is the best way for me to > > proceed to install this drive? > > I have enough space for only one CD drive in my case, so I > > will be removing my CD-ROM, and installing the CDRW. > > Will HardDrake detect the drive on boot, and install the right > > driver? >>****************************************** > Charlie M. wrote: > After you follow John's advice about the jumpers Angus, get into the BIOS > (set-up) and either run auto detection or if the old drive is listed by name > and manufacturer or anything but the correct "label" for the new drive change > it to auto. Save, exit and reboot. If you have harddrake set to run at boot > it should detect and boot normally. After you have logged in open the > Mandrake Control Centre, go to the "Mount Points" section, find the CD/DVD > burner section and set the correct options for the drive. You should be asked > whether you want to write the changes to /etc/fstab, answer yes. Then install > whatever software you want to use. Mine uses: > > cdrecord > cdrecord-cdda2wav > cdrdao > cdparanoia > > and the front end I use most often is k3b. When you first run k3b run the > set-up but don't let it rewrite fstab. After you finish doing the > installation you'll need to either reboot or run mount -a with a disk in the > drive. Since you probably run with supermount enabled that should make things > work. > > There are lots of choices in the front end department, the previously > mentioned k3b, XCDRoast, Toaster, all kinds. The best software is the command > line though. (-: > > I suppose all you can do is try them until you find one you like. > > > Also, I would appreciate some advice on CD burning software > > for Mandrake that is good and easy to use. > > > See above. The drivers are kernel modules (should be) for standard ATAPI > devices and that will already be there. You'll have to install burning > software for Windows and will probably have more trouble with that than > Mandrake. > - -- >*********************************************** Thanks a lot for the additional info Charlie. Much appreciated. :-) I have supermount disabled by the way. Never could get that to work properly for me. :-/ No probs w/o it though. Best regards to you. --Angus "Let us not look back in anger or forward in fear, but around in awareness." -- James Thurber *********************************************** ~Linux Powered by Mandrake 9.1~ *********************************************** ~Reg. Linux User #278931~ *********************************************** -- ___________________________________________________ Check out the latest SMS services @ http://www.operamail.com, which allows you to send SMS through your mailbox. Powered by Outblaze
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