[luau] Presario 711 and Mandrake 8.2

[Alvin Murphy]

Sorry if this is repetitious; I have been trying to reach you guys for 
some time but having trouble with my email. I am trying to install 
Mandrake on my wife's Presario laptop 711; so far I have it going, using 
some tips from Google. This is a double boot with WinXP (ugh). The big 
problem seems to be getting sound. I have found a patch on the internet, 
which I copied to my desktop, but cannot get it from there to an ext2 
disk, which I believe I have to do, then I have to reboot, hit F1 with 
the disk in the drive, type in patch, and it will patch the sound, at 
least I think that is what to do. I guess another option is to copy the 
patch somewhere in the /src/linux area and then recompile the kernel 
which I have never done. Can anyone help me with this, perhaps at an 
install fest.

Another question, I have a lot of mounts in my little 4 machine lan at 
home; if I forget to unmount them all, when I logout or reboot, it 
freezes because of this, even if I have checked on Komba2 the box that 
says disconnect on exit. Any ideas? Thanks