I have Mandrake 8.2 on a pentium 2 and it works for the most part. I am really new to unix/linux, and I'm trying to install Samba so I can network it with my windows box. I went to http://us2.samba.org/samba/ftp/Binary_Packages/Mandrake/RPMS/8.2/ and downloaded everything there into a seperate folder as the instructions said. Then I logged in as root and ran the command it said to install it: # rpm -Fvh *.rpm and it paused for a couple seconds as if it were doing something. Then it just returned me to a prompt with nothing to base success on (except no errors). I'm wanted to know if I installed it correctly, if so, then how to use it. Also, while logged in under my own account, I tried accessing the CD-ROM drive and it told me I had no permissions to access it. While I was under root, I tried it again and it said the same thing! How can it tell me I don't have permissions under root?! The cd was a burned backup of Unreal Tournament GOTY disc 1. Do I need to get out the original cd to get access? Thanks for any help! -christopher

Ok, well, I found out my CD-ROM problem. I also have a cd-rw drive, and for some reason, it is mapped as the first cd-rom drive. Is there a way of remapping so my cd-rw is read as the second cd-rom drive?

You're thinking in windows terms with drive letters. There is no "first" and "second" cdrom. Devices are device files, and the names of those correspond to ide interface and master/slave settings. Devices are mounted on mountpoints. Whatever it is that makes you think your cdrom is "second" while some other is "first", it's a pure configuration issue. # rpm -qa | grep samba Show something? Good, it's installed then. Go read the docs on how to set it up.