Yes - this is old slow hardware. Still works great for many things. I use it more than my much faster desktops. The DVD-ROM drive I have is Toshiba Model SD-C2302 6x DVD-ROM and is the original DVD-ROM drive this laptop shipped with. I rarely use it. I could not install FC5 from it because it complained it could not find some xml file related to yum (I think repomd.xml) after mounting the DVD. So I did a network install - that worked. Interestingly, the DVD did pass media check - my thought was maybe Anaconda wasn't patient enough for this old hardware to finish mounting the disk. Anyway - I rarely use it, but it use to work perfectly when I did. I noticed though that now it always complains of an I/O error whenever trying to copy anything from a CD or DVD. Linux is the only OS I run, can't test under Windows. Is my drive dead (do I need to buy a new one) or is there an issue with these drives in FC5? I suspect the drive is dead - I just finally had to replace the hard drive, I replaced the battery last year, so things are starting to go - but I'd hate to spend the money if it is a driver issue. If anyone has information on this - I'd appreciate it. I'm kind of lusting after a new laptop (must have 3 buttons on built in mouse, seems only IBM knows about X11 in laptop design), but just not ready to spend the money ...
