Re: [newbie] Sony laptop CD visibility for MD8.1 install

2002-03-23 Thread Peter Watson
On Saturday 23 March 2002 12:17 pm, Wally wrote: > Want to install Mandrake 8.1 on a Sony Vaio 505FX, but having > trouble with the MD installer seeing the CD-ROM drive... > > The laptop's CD drive connects via a PCMCIA card. Although the > Mandrake CD boots okay, the install then fails to see the

[newbie] Sony laptop CD visibility for MD8.1 install

2002-03-23 Thread Wally
Want to install Mandrake 8.1 on a Sony Vaio 505FX, but having trouble with the MD installer seeing the CD-ROM drive... The laptop's CD drive connects via a PCMCIA card. Although the Mandrake CD boots okay, the install then fails to see the disk. Did some web-troffing and found that folks installi