Can´t install cd recorder in linux... help please, newbie

hi,
is there any problem with via chipsets and cd recorders in linux??  
I´ve been trying to install a linux distro in my pc ( see end of post for specs), but i haven´t succeded in installing my cd recorder. I´ve tryed RedHat 8.0 and Mandrake 9.0. In both of them i can´t boot if i have the cd recorder connected... it crashes when detecting the drive. I know the recorder works, i've got friends who use it ok with linux.
Currently i have installed Mandrake 9.0 with the cd recorder disconnected. I noticed my all my friends with linux have intel machines, and they don´t have to do anything, it boots correctly and install without any problem. So i started thinking it might be a chipset support problem. I got to the viaarena page where i found a "manual" for installing cd recorder in linux. I tried to do that but i keep getting into problems... i'm new to linux and i don´t know much so that might be the real problem here :o  
i'll try to explain my doubts, what i did and what problems i run into.... if someone would be nice to explain me how to solve them, in a detailed way
I followed the "readme" instructions for installing a recorder after the Mandrake 8.2 is installed ( it didn´t have any for 9.0 ). I edited the modules.conf and lilo.conf files as i should. But i did run into some doubts: the modules.conf file didn´t have any ide section like the readme said  ( it had no sections at all) so i added the two lines at the bottom of the files. In lilo.conf i had to delete the append that already existed to add the hdd=ide-scsi line.  
I shutdown the pc, connect the recorder and start it again. The os detects all drives but crashes again after doing checking the modules dependencies...
Did i do something wrong when editing the files?
And i didn´t quite understand  all the "readme", in order to install the recorder do i also have to the "ide-scsi" to my cdrom and dvd drives, or only to my recorder??
In linux does the recorder have to be in a specific ide ( master/slave ) position in order to be installed?
and please tell me that it has nothing to do with my board and that it is just me doing something wrong..
thanks for any help, and sorry for the long post but i thought i´d better explain all
my pc specs:
AMD XP1800+
Msi KT266 pro2-ru ( Via kt266A )
256MB DDR266
Seagate 40GB ata100 7200rpm ( primary master )
Hercules Kyro 2 64MB/tv-out
SB Audigy
LG 52X cdrom ( secondary master )
Samsung 16x DVD ( primary slave )
HP 8200 recorder ( secondary slave ) , currently off
Sony HMD-A230

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Originally posted by kmolazz
I followed the "readme" instructions for installing a recorder after the Mandrake 8.2 is installed ( it didn´t have any for 9.0 ). I edited the modules.conf and lilo.conf files as i should. But i did run into some doubts: the modules.conf file didn´t have any ide section like the readme said  ( it had no sections at all) so i added the two lines at the bottom of the files. In lilo.conf i had to delete the append that already existed to add the hdd=ide-scsi line.
You will need to add that line back in if you want it to work as a recorder once you get it to boot. CD burners in linux use scsi emulation. You may also need to add a similar line from your CD reader too as most burning software for linux uses scsi emulation for that as well.
I shutdown the pc, connect the recorder and start it again. The os detects all drives but crashes again after doing checking the modules dependencies...
I didn't have to add anything in modules.conf to get mine working. Normally if it is crashing during modules.conf it means it can't find the module. Do you know which module it is looking for? What did you add to modules.conf?
Did i do something wrong when editing the files? Maybe. What did you change in them?
And i didn´t quite understand  all the "readme", in order to install the recorder do i also have to the "ide-scsi" to my cdrom and dvd drives, or only to my recorder??
In linux does the recorder have to be in a specific ide ( master/slave ) position in order to be installed?No. But it may help if the CDROM and burner were on the same port. Sometimes can have a conflict with DVDs.
and please tell me that it has nothing to do with my board and that it is just me doing something wrong..
It has nothing to do with your board. If it works in windows it should work fine (or better) in linux.
thanks for any help, and sorry for the long post but i thought i´d better explain all

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