Jeffery,
I had the same problem with my CD-RW, when I first installed 7.0. I
found the answer here:
http://www.mandrakeuser.org/hardware/hremov3.html
The CD-RW section is at the bottom. On my system Mandrake had correctly
done steps 1 through 7 all I had to do was steps 8 and 9.
I hope that helps.
Trevor
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeffrey Morse" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, June 03, 2000 5:32 PM
Subject: [newbie] CD RW / Dvd
> After I installed Linux-Mandrake 7.0 for the ump-teinth time trying to
> figure this out, maybe someone out there can help me, Linux is not
> recognizing my Cd writer, it says that it is not a valid block device
> when I try to mount it, my system is less than 6 months old, Compaq
> 7970, does this mean that I need to get the drivers for it and if so
> where would I find these drivers? It recognizes my Cd/Dvd drive fine(by
> the way any suggestions for an application I can install to watch my
> Dvd's , "Nist" does not seem to work at all?) Thanks For your
> suggestions in advance, Jeff
>
> Eric MC DECLERCK wrote:
>
> > > rharvey wrote:
> > >
> > > If I re- install and I want to install
> > > everything... what partitions do I
> > > need and how much space does each of
> > > them need? The autoconfigure does not
> > > know what I want to install so it does
> > > not set the partitions right....
> > >
> > > thanks
> > > Robert
> > Mine is:
> > 1 prim partition = /boot 32M
> > 1 prim partition = / 600 - 800 M
> > 1 swap partition = +/- 256 M
> > (max)
> > 1 extended LINUX = ( be carefull, use
> > the LINUX extended, not the dos ext.)
> > /usr +/- 3 G (the big one)
> > /usr/local +/- 1 G ( to store own
> > progs, not destroyed at re-install)
> > /home +/- 2G (depends of the nbrs of
> > users)
> > /var +/- 600 M
> > /reserved rest (for use later)
> > Eric
> > --
> > FRANCE (Be careful, my English can hurt
> > you)
>
