Hello, my old PLEXTOR CD-R PX-W1210A, FwRev=1.09 is not recognized any more in Linux 2.6.31.4. In my old Rescue-Linux on the same machine with Linux 2.6.25.14 the CD-Writer is recognized and it works. To give you some Information about the Plextor-CD-Burner, I booted my old 2.6.25.14-Linux: # uname -a Linux amd2000 2.6.25.14 #1 Fri Aug 1 23:55:59 CEST 2008 i686 AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2000+ AuthenticAMD GNU/Linux # hdparm -Ii /dev/hdc /dev/hdc: Model=PLEXTOR CD-R PX-W1210A, FwRev=1.09, SerialNo= Config={ Fixed Removeable DTR<=5Mbs DTR>10Mbs nonMagnetic } RawCHS=0/0/0, TrkSize=0, SectSize=0, ECCbytes=0 BuffType=unknown, BuffSize=0kB, MaxMultSect=0 (maybe): CurCHS=0/0/0, CurSects=0, LBA=yes, LBAsects=0 IORDY=on/off, tPIO={min:180,w/IORDY:120}, tDMA={min:120,rec:120} PIO modes: pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4 DMA modes: sdma0 sdma1 sdma2 mdma0 mdma1 *mdma2 AdvancedPM=no * signifies the current active mode # ls /dev/hd* /dev/hda /dev/hda1 /dev/hda10 /dev/hda11 /dev/hda2 /dev/hda3 /dev/hda4 /dev/hda5 /dev/hda6 /dev/hda7 /dev/hda8 /dev/hda9 /dev/hdb /dev/hdb1 /dev/hdc # dmesg|grep -e hda -e hdb -e hdc -e hdd ide0: BM-DMA at 0xff00-0xff07, BIOS settings: hda:DMA, hdb:DMA ide1: BM-DMA at 0xff08-0xff0f, BIOS settings: hdc:DMA, hdd:DMA hda: SAMSUNG SP1614N, ATA DISK drive hdb: SAMSUNG SP1614N, ATA DISK drive hda: host max PIO4 wanted PIO255(auto-tune) selected PIO4 hda: UDMA/100 mode selected hdb: host max PIO4 wanted PIO255(auto-tune) selected PIO4 hdb: UDMA/100 mode selected hdc: PLEXTOR CD-R PX-W1210A, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive hdc: host max PIO4 wanted PIO255(auto-tune) selected PIO4 hdc: MWDMA2 mode selected hda: max request size: 512KiB hda: 312581808 sectors (160041 MB) w/8192KiB Cache, CHS=19457/255/63 hda: cache flushes supported hda: hda1 hda2 hda3 hda4 < hda5 hda6 hda7 hda8 hda9 hda10 hda11 > hdb: max request size: 512KiB hdb: Host Protected Area detected. hdb: Host Protected Area disabled. hdb: 312581808 sectors (160041 MB) w/8192KiB Cache, CHS=19457/255/63 hdb: cache flushes supported hdb: hdb1 hdc: ATAPI 32X CD-ROM CD-R/RW drive, 2048kB Cache XFS mounting filesystem hda9 Ending clean XFS mount for filesystem: hda9 XFS mounting filesystem hda6 Ending clean XFS mount for filesystem: hda6 XFS mounting filesystem hda8 Ending clean XFS mount for filesystem: hda8 Adding 1199992k swap on /dev/hda10. Priority:1 extents:1 across:1199992k # dmesg |grep ide BIOS-provided physical RAM map: ACPI: IRQ0 used by override. ACPI: IRQ2 used by override. ACPI: IRQ9 used by override. Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=Rescue ro root=309 video=vesafb:ywrap,mtrr agp=off max_loop=16 pci 0000:01:00.0: Boot video device ide: Assuming 33MHz system bus speed for PIO modes; override with idebus=xx ide0: BM-DMA at 0xff00-0xff07, BIOS settings: hda:DMA, hdb:DMA ide1: BM-DMA at 0xff08-0xff0f, BIOS settings: hdc:DMA, hdd:DMA Probing IDE interface ide0... Probing IDE interface ide1... ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14 ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15 The difference between my old 2.6.25.14-Linux and the newer 2.6.31.4-Linux is mainly the actuality of the updates (and the kernel). I configured the kernel by my own and the changes were made with "make oldconfig" and answer the questions. Can You please tell me if/why the Plextor do not work any more. Or better: Give me instructions to get it working again in newer versions of Linux Kernel. Thank You. Greetings Mario -- 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