List Thanks for response. Need to add some info here.
Running ew 3.1.1 using kde 2.2 /var/log/messages: Jan 11 06:31:40 RSivernell kernel: <Adaptec aic7850 SCSI adapter> Jan 11 06:31:40 RSivernell kernel: aic7850: Single Channel A, SCSI Id=7, 3/255 SCBs Jan 11 06:31:40 RSivernell kernel: scsi ID 6 Jan 11 06:31:40 RSivernell kernel: Vendor: ARCHIVE Model: 4326XX 03813-XXX Rev: 645a scsi ID 5 Jan 11 06:31:40 RSivernell kernel: Vendor: YAMAHA Model: CRW6416S Rev: 1.0b Jan 11 06:31:40 RSivernell kernel: Type: CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 02 scsi ID 4 Jan 11 06:31:40 RSivernell kernel: Vendor: TOSHIBA Model: CD-ROM XM-6401TA Rev: 1009 Jan 11 06:31:40 RSivernell kernel: Type: CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 02 IDE CDROM: Jan 11 06:31:40 RSivernell kernel: scsi1 : SCSI host adapter emulation for IDE ATAPI devices Jan 11 06:31:40 RSivernell kernel: Vendor: E-IDE Model: CD-ROM 52X/AKH Rev: A62 Jan 11 06:31:40 RSivernell kernel: Type: CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 02 .... .... ..... Jan 11 06:32:36 RSivernell kernel: Attached scsi CD-ROM sr0 at scsi0, channel 0, id 5, lun 0 Jan 11 06:32:36 RSivernell kernel: Attached scsi CD-ROM sr1 at scsi0, channel 0, id 6, lun 0 Jan 11 06:32:36 RSivernell kernel: Attached scsi CD-ROM sr2 at scsi1, channel 0, id 0, lun 0 Jan 11 06:32:36 RSivernell kernel: (scsi0:A:5): 10.000MB/s transfers (10.000MHz, offset 15) Jan 11 06:32:36 RSivernell kernel: sr0: scsi3-mmc drive: 16x/16x writer cd/rw xa/form2 cdda tray Jan 11 06:32:36 RSivernell kernel: Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.12 Jan 11 06:32:36 RSivernell kernel: sr1: scsi-1 drive Jan 11 06:32:36 RSivernell kernel: sr2: scsi3-mmc drive: 8x/52x cd/rw xa/form2 cddatray [root@RSivernell rick]# ll /dev/cd* | more lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 3 Jan 10 15:49 /dev/cdrom -> /dev/sr1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 8 Jan 12 14:38 /dev/cdrom2 -> /dev/sr2 <<<< no sr2 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 3 Jan 12 10:59 /dev/cdwriter -> /dev/sr0 [root@RSivernell rick]# ll /dev/sr* | more brw------- 1 rick root 11, 0 Oct 11 13:07 /dev/sr0 brw------- 1 rick root 11, 1 Oct 11 13:07 /dev/sr1 [root@RSivernell rick]# ll /dev/scd* | more brw-rw-r-- 1 rick disk 11, 0 Oct 11 13:07 /dev/scd0 brw-rw-r-- 1 root disk 11, 1 Oct 11 13:07 /dev/scd1 if scd? replaces sr?, why does caldera still use sr?? The on desktop Icon use ICON URLs on Desktop /auto/cdrom for /dev/sr1 /auto/cdwriter for /dev/sr0 /dev/sr2 for /mnt/sr2 there is not any /dev/sr2 or /dev/scd2 I have removed from grub/menu.lst hdc=ide-scsi & rebooted. All is the same as before. The most stable cd drive is my cdwriter @ /dev/sr0. cheers -- Rick Sivernell Dallas, Texas 75287 972 306-2296 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Caldera Open Linux eWorkStation 3.1 Registered Linux User .~. / v \ /( _ )\ ^ ^ In Linux we trust! _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list Archives, Digests, etc at http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users