Well, I've installed Debian on a Gericom with DVD/CD-RW and it worked out of the box. I just had to enable scsi emulation to get cdrecord work .....
Gruss Steffan On Fri, Dec 07, 2001, www wrote: > >This is the model I want. >http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00005QERT/qid=1007742956/br=1-1/ref=br_lf_pc_1/107-0217790-6502142 > >Compaq Presario 705US Notebook > >So your sure the dvd/cd-rw combo will work? Will I need third party software >installed? >I ain't exactly rich and this will be my onyl laptop for the next 6 years >and I don't wanna buy something I cannot use. > >- zeno > >