After plugging in a SATA DVD and seeing it not work: $ uname -srvm Linux 2.6.5 #4 SMP Mon Apr 19 14:52:26 MDT 2004 i686 $ $ sudo less /var/log/messages ... Assertion failed! dev->class == ATA_DEV_ATA,drivers/scsi/libata-core.c,ata_dev_parse_strings,line=695 ... $ My failures to understand this result I may blog to: http://linux-pel.blog-city.com/read/597910.htm My successes I may summarise back here. Pat LaVarre bc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/