Hi, I haven't had this problem until the upgrade to 3.0 kernel. If I recall correctly, all 3.0.x versions except 3.0.3 needed this patch to get my DVD drive working, I've no idea what changed that the A-less entry in libata-core.c no longer works with the DVRTD08A drive. --- --- linux-3.0.7/drivers/ata/libata-core.c.old 2011-10-16 23:15:11.000000000 +0200 +++ linux-3.0.7/drivers/ata/libata-core.c 2011-10-20 15:25:12.730104223 +0200 @@ -4144,6 +4144,7 @@ * device and controller are SATA. */ { "PIONEER DVD-RW DVRTD08", NULL, ATA_HORKAGE_NOSETXFER }, + { "PIONEER DVD-RW DVRTD08A", NULL, ATA_HORKAGE_NOSETXFER }, { "PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-212D", NULL, ATA_HORKAGE_NOSETXFER }, { "PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-216D", NULL, ATA_HORKAGE_NOSETXFER }, -- 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