Jan Gutter wrote: > ata1.01: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x2 frozen > ata1.01: cmd a0/01:00:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/b0 tag 0 cdb 0x43 data 12 in > res 40/00:03:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/b0 Emask 0x4 (timeout) That's READ TOC. Does the problem happen if you boot into single mode (no hald)? Can you access cd/dvd in single mode? -- tejun - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ide" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html