In 2.4.1-pre8, this info appears in dmesg: SCSI subsystem driver Revision: 1.00 scsi0 : SCSI host adapter emulation for IDE ATAPI devices Vendor: YAMAHA Model: CRW2100E Rev: 1.0H Type: CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 02 hdc: YAMAHA CRW2100E, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive This model isn't DVD ;) It's a CD-ROM/CD-R/RW drive 8MB cache 40x read, as detected by the standard ATAPI drivers. the SCSI emulation doesnt appear to detect the right kind of drive (its assuming its a CD-ROM only?) Shawn. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/