I am very new at this. So forgive me if I am repeating someone elses answer. But I do use Linux RH9 on my home system. I had to run Anaconda several times to see my Sony CD burner. Then I had to mount the drive and run the Toaster configuration. It worked fine after that. I also had to set the Master/Slave jumper for both of my CD drives. It did not like the cable select settings.

Good luck to you,