Installing Mandrake 7.1

[Kevin Buettner]

On Dec 28,  4:05pm, Anthony Walsh wrote:

>     I recently installed Linux to one of my personal PC's at home, and ran
> into a problem installing the applications CD that comes with the
> installation package.  The main cd worked fine, but during the installation,
> the instructions said to put in the application cd to install the
> applications, but my CD-ROM will not physically open for me.  Any
> suggestions?

Is there already a CD in the drive?  Is it mounted?
If so, become root and do ``umount /mnt/cdrom'' or the like.

If the drive isn't mounted, you might want to try the ``eject''
command.

If neither of these work, you can always try using a paperclip
in the hole at the front of the drive.

Kevin