Suse 9.1 personal Newbie to linux question

From: MAXX (Madd_at_Maxx.net)
Date: 05/25/04 

Date: Tue, 25 May 2004 05:44:42 GMT

picked up a copy of this package from frys because i wanted to try it
out, install instructions say there will be a boot options screen and
all i', getting is the "live" boot option, but then it loads a nice
looking desktop, and when i try to fire up the "YaST" install program
it doesn't appear to be able to find the cdrom and appears to cause
the cdrom to lock up. do i need to "mount" the drives like MAC OSes?

anyone got any suggestions?

sysinfo: AMD 2000+ processor
        512meg RAM
        2 * 45 gig HD
        CDRW (where the boot CD is) secondary master
        52x CDROM

primary master was partitioned for windows (FAT32), and i re-formatted
the drive, so C: is currently empty D: still has FAT32 partition, and
data on drive, but nothing i would be drastically upset if i lost.

TIA
        

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