[clue-tech] trouble installing Suse

[John S Brigham]

I am stuck.
 
Computer is 
 
Dell
 
Hard drive                     Western Digital  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 drivers for the above
hard drive and cd-rom.  
 
-------Where are the drivers to be found?
 
-------How do I install them?
 
-------Where does the kernel live and how is the kernel modified?
 
thanks
john