I have installed Mint after formatting the hard drive on an old computer. The former OS was Windows XP. Mint only recognizes the CD R/W drive intermittently, maybe once every four or five boots.
I also have a networking problem. I have this computer tied to a Windows XP computer through a gateway. Both computers share the internet connection, and the Mint computer shares a printer over the network, a printer that is attached to the Windows computer. But the mint computer does not recognize the windows computer. The Windows computer does find the Mint computer though.
Any help appreciated.
A true newbie.