I've been trying very hard to find a cd-rom that will work with the Thinkpad 390E I have and I had bought one from e-bay that barely works but is very loud, it sounds like a car engine. Where would I ...

Hi, Mandrake 7.2..I cannot gain use of the cd-rom or the floppy drives. They are listed in the /mnt directory and both have a padlock on the file.<BR>This isn't a permission issue....root can't change ...