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<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=4>You guys are phenomenal. Now, I
just have a bunch of reading to do. A couple of quick answers would help,
though.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=4>1) What's El Torito? And
how do I know if my CDROM is compliant with it?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=4>2) It sounds like I can use mkCDrec to
write the CD's on a USB CDRW drive and then boot them from the internal CDROM
drive if I need them. SO... now I need to know which Linux distro do
you think would be most compatible with my machine (see previous post) so I
don't have a bunch of unrecognized hardware (like my LT Winmodem or USB CDRW
drive) to contend with. And as part of that, what USB CDRW should I
buy? I liked Mandrake 8.0 which I got at the last NFLUG meeting I was able
to attend before I moved, but I found that getting additional hardware to work
that it didn't just recognize was a little beyond me. Is it relatively
easy to configure a USB CDRW these days?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=4>Thanks again.
Joe</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>