Which CD RW?

[Jim Herrmann]

Mandrake kicks butt!!!

First off, let me preface my comments with the fact that I just got through 
switching my old HP 8100 CD-RW to my wife's machine, which is running Windows 
98, because her CD-ROM had shot craps.  After various reboots, hair pullings, 
driver installs and removals, reboots, troubleshooting, more hair pulling, 
and more reboots, I finally got everything working on her machine.

I got my TDK drive from Amazon today.  I stuck it in, and the first time I 
booted up, I had two masters on that IDE channel, so neither of my CDs were 
recognized.  Duh!  I shutdown, and straightened that out.  This time when I 
booted, Hardrake issued one extra message on the way up, and it just works.  
It's the easiest hardware install I think I have ever done!

I'm ready to burn some of those Demo Linux CDs now!

Linux Rocks!

Jim

On Wednesday 25 September 2002 07:46 pm, Jim Herrmann wrote:
> I think I'm going to go with the TDK AI401248 40x12x48 CD-RW Drive from
> Amazon for $99.00 and a $40 rebate, bringing the total to $59!!!  If it
> doesn't work for me, it's not too much of a loss.
>
> I'll let you know how it comes out.