"Edenyard" mail@edenyard.co.uk writes:
So it seems as though there's an issue with kernel 2.2 and BOTH of my IDE CD drives, whereas kernel 2.4 and 2.0 (Slack 3.5) apparently have no trouble with those drives. Could this be the case?
Indeed it could and from what you've said, it even seems quite likely. If you still want debian, I guess you'll need to get some woody disks.