> Some output from dmesg: > ... > ide: Assuming 33MHz system bus speed for PIO modes; override with idebus=xx > ide0: I/O resource 0x1F0-0x1F7 not free. > ide0: ports already in use, skipping probe > Probing IDE interface ide1... > hdd: TSSTcorpCD/DVDW SN-S082D, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive > ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15 > hdd: ATAPI 24X DVD-ROM DVD-R-RAM CD-R/RW drive, 2048kB Cache You have one of the awkward IDE setups. If you build a kernel with just libata support and not old IDE your CD should appear as /dev/scd{something} and run fast. Alternatively you can do this using a boot option (combined_mode=libata) Alan - 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