With kernel 327 and 351 (only ones I tried) I get the following when trying to mount /mnt/cdrom: mount: /dev/cdrom is not a valid block device eject gives: eject: unable to open `/dev/hdc' cat /proc/ide/hdc/driver: ide-default version 0.9.newide cat /proc/ide/hdc/media: cdrom On a PPC laptop with 351 it works! cat /proc/ide/hdb/driver: ide-cdrom version 4.61 What determines which driver is beeing used? Is this in-kernel? Cheers, Remco -- Remco Treffkorn (RT445) HAM DC2XT remco@xxxxxxx (831) 685-1201