But in that case, wouldn't you lose performance or confuse the computer if hda and CDRW are sharing the same controler? I thought cdrecord said something about that on the manpage, but I could be wrong. Feel free to enlighten me on this subject. Lorenzo Shoot me again. Just proving that the quickest way to solve the problem is to post a whine to the newsgroups: within moments the solution presents itself to me, and meanwhile my ass is hanging out on the Net... *sigh*... -- Dave Phillips, dlphilp at bright.net, about problem solving via news Alex Snow staggered into view and mumbled: > Hi. Put the new drive on hdc and the cdrw or cdrom on hdb. I say this > because if you copy cd's from your cdrom to the writer and the writer and > cdrom are on the same controler you lose performance. > hth. > > -- > A message from the system administrator: "I've upped my priority, now up yours!"