Re: [newbie] Requesting hardware advice for AMD based machine. jrt

[Paul]

> I am running an AMD TBird 1100 MHz on an ABIT KT7A motherboard with VIA KT133 
> chipset and I have had zero problems related to the mobo.
> 
> I also have a Voodoo5 5500 video card that is working quite well. I know they 
> are not the best cards for some types of gaming, but I am satisfied with the 
> performance.
> 
> Now, if someone could tell me how to get this &%#$^&! CD-RW to work 
> correctly, I would be in Linux bliss!

Does the CD-RW work as a cdrom already?
What kind of CD-RW is it? IDE? Then you need to set up a trick to fake it as a SCSI 
ID. At
http://mandrakeuser.org you can search the DOC section for this (CD-RW as keyword), and
this will tell you exactly what to do.

It worked for me too. (Plextor 12/10/32 IDE Cd-rewriter)
Paul