[Wylug-help] External DVD ROM/CDR-CDRW

[C.Mackins at Bradford.ac.uk]

Quoting dnoble7 at ukonline.co.uk:

> More help please,
>                  I am wanting to add an external DVD ROM/CDR-CDRW to my
> Mandrake 9.2 box and would appreciate any advice or warnings about
> getting such a drive to work with Linux, also any suggestions as to
> which makes may be most easily accepted.
>                  There would also appear to be the possibility of either a
> complete unit or a caddy plus separate drive unit.  This latter would
> seem to offer more flexibility and I  think this may be preferable.
>
>      			Thanks in advance from that old newbie,   David
>

If you are using Mdk9.2 proceed with a little caution - this version chewed up a
number of CD drives (I lost 3 LGs this way!)though apparently they can be
recovered.  I've just had a look at the Errata page at
http://www.mandrakelinux.com/en/  but it seems that its no longer supporting
9.2 (might be hidden elsewhere?); it's probably worth taking a look at the
hardware database on that site to check for compatibilty.

It might be worthwhile upgrading to 10 or 10.1 (and 10.2 will be due for release
soon).
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