[newbie] CD-ROM won't open

[erik nord]

Question for you all.  I have just installed Mandrake
7.0.  Everything installed fine.  At the very end
right before rebooting I tried to remove the CD-ROM. 
The CD-ROM will not open.  Is there a something I need
to do to get the CD-ROM open to be able to use it in
the future.

Thanks
Erik

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[newbie] Installation Errors

[Erik Nord]

In need some help from all you experts. 
First, I am very new to Linux. I have been a UNIX/C/Java programmer for 
sometime. I thought it was time to try out this Linux thing. 


I took one of my old computers and I am trying to 
install Linux on it. Here is the error I am getting.

in second stage 
install_X11TransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno = 
111_X11TransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno = 111Thu Jan 29 
23:28:10 2000 Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: :0 at 
/usr/bin/perl-nstall/my_gtk.pm line 139.install exited abnormallysending 
termination signals...donesending kill signals...doneunmounting 
filesystems... 
/tmp/rhimage /procyou may safely reboot your 
system

I am installing from the floppy that was provided 
with Linux-Mandrake v 7.0 Complete. I am not even getting to the graphical 
interface. Do I/Should I remake this floppy disk? 

The computer is an old 486/66Mhz. I have two 
harddrives one being 640 Meg and on 7.1 Gig. I am running 32 Meg of 
RAM. I am nut sure of the graphics card off the top of my head. Is 
there a problem with the computer I am trying to install on? The computer 
is currently running Windows 98. I want to just install Linux and 
overwrite the Windows. So, I am not 
partitioning the harddrive. Do I need to partition the harddrive? Do 
I need to re-format the harddrive prior to installing Linux?All the help you can offer is greatly 
appreciated.

Thank You
Erik 
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