i have a few questions regarding the cd eject and instilation of debian packages in knoppix 3.6 after a HDD instilation. this machine is not networked in anyway whatsoever

1. knoppix reads my cd drive fine. it lets me put in a cd and read it but when i goto eject the cd it will not eject unless i reboot the machine. is there anyway that i can eject the cd without having to reboot the computer? bothe the eject option and the button on the drive itself seem inoperable after it loads a cd.

2. i understand that knoppix is debian based. yet it refuses to load any debian packages. what do i have to do in order to a.) get it to install debian packages such as VLC, mplayer, blender, and other 3rd party software of the like and b.) install 3rd party hardware drivers so that i can possible get it networked via wifi

thx
-macstrat