[clue-cert] trouble installing Linux

[John S Brigham]

I am stuck.

Computer is 

Dell

Western Digital HD Model WD64AA-75AA
CD-ROM Toshiba Model XM-6102B
Bios Version A04

I am trying to load Suse from CDs.  I have worked in linuxrc and always
get an "installation fail" error.

I am pretty sure that I do not have the correct dirvers for the above
hard drive and cd-rom.  

-------Where are the drivers to be found?

-------How do I install them?

-------Where does the kernal live and how is the kernal modified?

thanks
john

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