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Or...try the solutions noted from the compatability section of this website. The author found the following solution for ATI drivers at the Linuxquestions site. Reference: http://www.linuxcompatible.org/cdetail11488.html

Unfortunately, I have no idea what this is. You may wish considering buying the distro, which is very cheap at Linux Cd.org Especially if you do not have access to a cdrw drive and the ability to burn downladed iso images. I recently bought Suse 9.0 there and was very satified. Shipping is cheap. I can't remember where it was shipped from, but something tells me it was France.

I remember the admin on a bios site that I used to be on wrote a howto on this. It was very good, but alas, is now gone. But, you may want to look at the following Bash how-to

I think that you are correct, you need the power from both sources, USB and the AC input. Also, these are older drives and only work with specific cdrw and cdr media. If I remember correctly, they have to be 2X cdrw and cdr media. This may be the issue. I bet that it will not write to anything else! From the HP support page for the 8200 writer; "High speed media is a special type of CD-RW media designed to allow recording from 4X to 10X speeds in a CD-writer that supports higher writing speeds. The term, high speed, is confusing. For CD-RW media, high speed is not a subjective marketing or advertising term, but an official term representing a different low-level format on the media. The high speed media format prevents 1X – 4X CD-writers from being able to record to it. Trying to write to high speed media in one of these drives can produce a variety of errors depending on the recording application used. The errors produced may be strange or seemingly unrelated to the media. Because the media’s format is sufficiently different from existing CD-RW media, new CD-writer hardware with the ability to write to CD-RW media faster than 4X speed is required to be able to use this media. A firmware upgrade is not sufficient to make early 1X - 4X CD-writer drives able to write to the high speed media. The new high speed format only prevents 1X - 4X CD-writers from writing to the media but does not prevent them from reading information from the new media. Once recorded in a certified high speed drive, high speed media is fully readback compatible with 1X – 4X CD-writers and other MultiRead drives."

Oh ohh! No scsi drivers. Let's try one thing. I was not sure if this was needed. At a command prompt, as root, type in modprobe ide-scsi. Then try the cdrecord -scanbus command. See if you get no errors from the ide-scsi command (the screen just returns back to the command prompt with no errors) and if so, if the cdrecord -scanbus shows the drive. I actually have one of these HP drives and can try it and see. The issue is that my dstro's will have ide-scsi already loaded, so it may not mimic your problems.

Where did you get the cds for Mandrake 10?

OK, this is an install problem. A couple of things. I want to install linux cd #7 mandrake 10.0 I hope that this was a typo, there are only 4 possible cd's, 4 iso images to burn to a cd. make sure that you have the right iso's for your system configuration. If you have more than this, then you probably have iso burns for more than one computer architecture. What exact laptop make and model is this? There can be a problem with installing from cd #1. Try cd #2 to boot. When it prompts you that this does not seem to be an install cd, then wait for the text prompt to insert another cd and place cd #1 in the cdrom drive and see what happens. This has been reported as a problem. Also, the usual. When you burned the cd's a good burn needs to be done, This means burning the iso image (choosing burn image from your cd burining software). I always recommend a cdr media, as cdrw's can be an issue also. If the cd #2 method does not work, it is most likely a bad burn. Burning the cd's at a slow speed, say 4X or 8X generally works. Laptops can sometimes be an issue, as well, such as the video card. Finally, take care on some laptops. Some have a hidden small partition that holds recovery data or bios information, such as HP and Compaq laptops. Will this be a dual boot system (Say Windows XP and Mandrake) or a full install as the only OS on the system?

Does it really say Alt F1 for here? A little more information would be helpful. Mo messages after that at all, like a kernel panic error? You do not get a command prompt? Also post what system this is that you are installing on, some information on the system and hardware. Was this a fresh install, or an upgrade install? Did the install seem to complete succesfully?

So much for a simple solution. Where did you see an article or directions that the driver would work on hotplug? Look at the following page for a troubleshooting list; http://www.dragoninc.on.ca/mail-archives/linux-usb/2001-04/0198.html Now we will dig further. At a console prompt, type in, as per the article cdrecord -scanbus To see if the scsi device is recognized. If it is, note the location as 0,0,0 or whatever it is. Then (if it is); tail /var/log/messages and see if you see the expected messages in the run (example - yours may be slightly different); Apr 23 22:25:56 localhost kernel: Product: HP USB CD-Writer Plus Apr 23 22:25:59 localhost kernel: scsi0 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices Apr 23 22:25:59 localhost kernel: Vendor: HP Model: CD-Writer+ 8200f Rev: 1.0A Apr 23 22:25:59 localhost kernel: Type: CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 02 Apr 23 22:25:59 localhost kernel: Detected scsi CD-ROM sr0 at scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0 Apr 23 22:25:59 localhost kernel: usb-storage: Command will be truncated to fit in SENSE6 buffer. Apr 23 22:25:59 localhost kernel: usb-storage: Command will be truncated to fit in SENSE6 buffer. Apr 23 22:25:59 localhost kernel: sr0: scsi3-mmc drive: 168x/0x writer dvd-ram cdda caddy Note the scsi device sr0 in this case. If not try the more /proc/bus/usb/drivers command and see what drivers are loading. Let us know what you find. Then we will go from there.

Try the following, with a cdrom in the drive; mount -r -t iso9660 /dev/sr0 /mnt/cdwriter assuming that you have a directory in /mnt called cdwriter. If you get no errors, see if it can read the inserted cd; ls -l /mnt/cdwriter

The kernel-source package is on your Mandrake disks. First, make sure you know what kernel that you are running. At a console, type in uname -r. If you have done a regular install and not updated the kernel, it should read 2.6.3-4mdk. Go to start-->configure-->configure computer... This will bring you to the Mandrake Control Center. Then...Software Management-->Install. Type in kernel-source. Choose that kernel, from the result that you got from the uname command and allow the install of the kernel source. Then go back and install the nvidia driver.

The sound problem is not uncommon for these laptops, or for that matter many laptops. Could you post what exact distro that you are using and the current version. Also, the hardware may be an issue. How much memory is in the system? Processor speed? 366 mhz, correct?

Sounds like you know more about this issue than I do. The question is, can you use win xp on your system at all? If not, the easier solution may be to install your drive into your roommates system (as a secondary drive in the system) and backup important files to DVD. Of course, you will need to have access to a DVD in your system to restore the data back into XP after you re-install it. As long as you are sure that the drive itself is OK and not failing. If you have access to XP, you should be able to mark your directories as share directories, then use your roommate's system to fetch the files that you need to DVD from Network Neighborhood from the Windows 2000 box. Alternately, download the files that you need to a directory on the 2000 system and burn the DVD backup. Do you have access to a DVD on your system? The other option, would be to do a repair installation on your system. But, I can undertand your need to back up the files first. Just how to do this in Knoppix, I don't know, but I am willing to look at it and see what I can find. Perhaps, others have better ideas. Take a look at the following links that may help, as well; http://hex.zapto.org/pages/2004/jan/knoppix_recovery.php http://www.shockfamily.net/cedric/knoppix/

Thanks, Mel, I will give it a go!

I would like to downoad Fedora Core 2, but it seems bittorent is the only viable way to go right now. Tried the cd iso's first and got as far as btdownloadgui /home/XXX/FC2-i386-isos.torrent But t always times out with the tracker error...forever. Anyone got a good tutorial/howto?

Same problem. Got the madwifi to work on Knoppix. The module loads, the card is detected and blinks, trying to find the router, but nogo. I think WEP would have been the issue and dsiabled it, but this did not work either. Tried using Authentication with an open system vs. shared key - nothing. Still trying.

So, X had to be restarted, or the system rebooted for the changes to take effect! Nice work! Kinda makes sense now. Whart's the status on your wifi issue?

Nice find. It just so happens that this is the correct chipset for the card! I had to use madwifi for my Dlink DWL-g650 card. Got as far as the module loading, the card blinks, trying to find a signal to the router, but never connects. DapperDan also posted his frustration trying to get his wireless pcmcia card to find a signal.

What version of Mandrake are you running? You can do this with the package Samba (client), if it was included in the install. You need to know the default user name, password and workgroup. Depending on what version of Windows that you have...mshome or workgroup is the workgroup name. I have multiple Linux distros on my system. Some set up samba on install, some have to be configured. For example, Linspire put a nice icon on the desktop called "network." Click on it and it shows the other systems on the local network. On most Linux systems, you can make the icon on the desktop easily. You can also use a command line smbclient. One quick way to check this out, is to make the icon. Cick click on the desktop, -->create new-->link to location. Give it a name and in the "enter link to location" text area put in smb:/, saving the result. Click on the icon and see if the workgroup shows. Click on that and you should see your share drives. You may be prompted for the user name and password first.

Before you go any further, take a look at the following link and see if it applies to your situation; http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/2459/?o=60. It also has some suggested fixes, before you go ahead and re-format. Let us know what you think. Just do a search on google for "delay-write-failureand you will also get the full thread.

To clarify burning to disk, in your burning software, did you choose the "burn Image" option? Not just burning the iso file to the cd. What burning software package are you using? Do you see the iso file on the cd when you look at it, or a list of many files/directories? Also, you need to burn the image on a good quality cdr or cdrw, at 4X or 8X, not the top speed rated for the cdrw drive.

Originally posted by kenjiro_tanaka: Quote: Sorry, fellow, but there are people using their PCTel modems on kernels 2.6, thanks to the driver we have been discussing here. Unfortunately... not ALL OF US can do that OK then, who has it working? Any links or solutions to be posted?

Try 1024 X 768 at 70 hz and see what happens. Also look at the vertical and horizontal refresh rates, which should be; Horizontal: 30K~80KHz, Vertical: 55~75Hz. Finally look at colors and try 16 rather than 24 bit.

This is why it is good to know what hardware a person has in their system before pushing ahead. Yes, this version of Knoppix will easily install on your hard drive. Knoppix will need about 3 gigs of hard drive space, according to the instructions. This means that you will need to install it to the C drive, which is possible, if you can afford to give the 3 gigs from that drive. It will operate next to the windows partition. So, if you have a 20 gig hard drive for C, then you can allocate 10 gig for Windows and 10 for Knoppix. Or, more for Windows and at least 5 gigs for knoppix, if you want to install more programs to Knoopix. If not, just allocate 4 for Knoppix. If this is not possible, you may want to consider one of the smaller Linux distros, such as Damn Small Linux or Puppy Linux. For example, you could install Puppy on the D drive, or run it from the Live CD (like Knoppix). The D drive will be used to store some files that will hold your settings and such. It just needs to be a fat 32 filesystem on the drive. However, the modem is another issue. This is a winmodem, meaning that it was made to work within Windows. Recent developments in drivers had been good, but not without some linux knowledge and work by the user. So, your options are to get a modem that has the controller built into the modem ( a "hard modem") or install Knoppix to get comfortable with Linux in general. These modems are not easy to come by and it is easy to get confused on what is and is not Linux compatible. For reference, the modem driver page is here. The Knoppix install instructions are here. A discussion on the issues here and finally some ideas on such hard modems here.

Puppy Linux is another good one that comes in under 50 mb. You can install it on a zip drive, usb pen drive and to your hard drive, if you wish. Both Puppy and DSL are great small distros. I've been messing with Puppy for a while and am proud to say that I was able to give the author some clues on how to solve usb keyboard and mouse issues. Coming from you Dan, I'll have to give DSL a go.