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     Hi there,

     I'd like to know if I can use a DVD-ROM drive under Linux to read
CD's (I really don't mind not being able to read DVD's, but I need the
CD's).

     This doubt is one of the things pushing me away from a DVD drive at
the moment... if it can work as a standard CD-ROM under Linux, it's
great.

     Thanks for any info, Marcelo.

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Yes, you can. I set up Slackware from my DVD drive!

I had some problems with my DVD drive setting up RH (5.2) previously, but
that was due to the fact that transferring files was problematic because of
the difference in DVD-ROM and CD-ROM protocols(?)  In short, if you have had
no problems loading software off of the DVD in Windows (i.e. it loads all
the files correctly without a problem), it will just show up in Linux as
another CD-ROM drive.

Good luck installing,
craig

No problem at all. I just attached mine as a slave on the primary IDE
controller and put the CD-RWR on the secondary IDE. Getting linux to
recognize both took a little tweaking of /etc/fstab, but took just a
couple of minutes. If you've only got one CD-type drive, you won't even
need to do this.

Now if I could just figure out how to *watch* DVDs . . .

--Ken

Quote:>      Hi there,

>      I'd like to know if I can use a DVD-ROM drive under Linux to read
> CD's (I really don't mind not being able to read DVD's, but I need the
> CD's).

>      This doubt is one of the things pushing me away from a DVD drive
at
> the moment... if it can work as a standard CD-ROM under Linux, it's
> great.

>      Thanks for any info, Marcelo.

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I installed Redhat 6.0 on a machine with a DVD. It configured it as a cdrom
without any hassle.

Philippe

Quote:>      Hi there,

>      I'd like to know if I can use a DVD-ROM drive under Linux to read
> CD's (I really don't mind not being able to read DVD's, but I need the
> CD's).

>      This doubt is one of the things pushing me away from a DVD drive at
> the moment... if it can work as a standard CD-ROM under Linux, it's
> great.

>      Thanks for any info, Marcelo.

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> Share what you know. Learn what you don't.