On Mon, 27 Sep 1999, you wrote:
>
> I know it's a known problem, and I've seen it on their website, but how big
> is the file? If it fits on a diskette, I can download it from Windows then
> switch HD and install it from the diskette. How simple is it to install
> something in Linux from a DOS formatted diskette? Not so simple, I tried
> (I'm a newbie, remember?)
>
Well, it's about 3 megs for the kernel upgrade, so I'd say
it's not something you can upgrade from a floppy.
>
> With my Cable account, I also have 5 hours per
> month of dialup time, which > have already been used, so
> until someone tells me they have a definite fix > for
> Linux-Mandrake DHCP, I'll scrap it and try RedHat one more
> time. > > But if RedHat tells me that I can't access the
> CD-Rom unless I'm root, I'll > add another HD to my
> Windows system. Sorry guys... >
>
The solution to the accessing the CDROM only as root is to
go edit your /etc/fstab file and change it to look like
the following:
/dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom iso9660 noauto,user,ro 0 0
The "important" part as far as you're concerned is the
"user" part. That tells Linux to allow anyone to read the
CD.
John
