Unfortunetly after the third restart even the experimental kernel didn't work. (2.6.36-rc6-1-amd64 experimental kernel)
>Ben H. Could you test whether discs are properly detected if you change the BIOS configuration to disable booting from this drive? < I'm unable to disable these, because the BIOS can control only the motherboard usb ports and the computer can't boot from these. PCI card and inner USB port: ======================================================= a. if the disk is inside during the boot then the movie player don't play the film [ 1.278174] usb 2-4: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 2 [ 1.413160] usb 2-4: New USB device found, idVendor=152d, idProduct=2329 [ 1.413165] usb 2-4: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=5 [ 1.413169] usb 2-4: Product: USB to ATA/ATAPI Bridge [ 1.413172] usb 2-4: Manufacturer: JMicron [ 1.413175] usb 2-4: SerialNumber: FFFFFFFFFFFF [ 1.413329] usb 2-4: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice [ 1.423857] Initializing USB Mass Storage driver... [ 1.424086] scsi2 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices [ 1.424234] usb-storage: device found at 2 [ 1.424238] usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning [ 1.424258] usbcore: registered new interface driver usb-storage [ 1.424352] USB Mass Storage support registered. .. [ 6.424288] usb-storage: device scan complete [ 6.425259] scsi 2:0:0:0: CD-ROM Optiarc DVD RW AD-7203S 1.03 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0 .. [ 19.912022] usb 2-4: reset high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 2 [ 20.032018] usb 2-4: device descriptor read/64, error -32 [ 20.257525] usb 2-4: device descriptor read/64, error -32 [ 20.472023] usb 2-4: reset high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 2 [ 20.584030] usb 2-4: device descriptor read/64, error -32 [ 20.801519] usb 2-4: device descriptor read/64, error -32 [ 21.016019] usb 2-4: reset high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 2 [ 21.048210] usb 2-4: device descriptor read/8, error -71 [ 21.180224] usb 2-4: device descriptor read/8, error -71 [ 21.392033] usb 2-4: reset high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 2 [ 21.424251] usb 2-4: device descriptor read/8, error -71 [ 21.557765] usb 2-4: device descriptor read/8, error -71 [ 21.660044] usb 2-4: USB disconnect, address 2 [ 21.660264] sr 2:0:0:0: [sr0] Unhandled error code [ 21.660268] sr 2:0:0:0: [sr0] Result: hostbyte=DID_NO_CONNECT driverbyte=DRIVER_OK [ 21.660273] sr 2:0:0:0: [sr0] CDB: Read(10): 28 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 02 00 [ 21.660286] end_request: I/O error, dev sr0, sector 0 [ 21.660336] Buffer I/O error on device sr0, logical block 0 [ 21.660385] Buffer I/O error on device sr0, logical block 1 ======================================================= b. if the disk is not inside then it recognize the driver and play the film [ 1.230765] usb 2-4: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 2 [ 1.365079] usb 2-4: New USB device found, idVendor=152d, idProduct=2329 [ 1.365085] usb 2-4: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=5 [ 1.365089] usb 2-4: Product: USB to ATA/ATAPI Bridge [ 1.365093] usb 2-4: Manufacturer: JMicron [ 1.365095] usb 2-4: SerialNumber: FFFFFFFFFFFF [ 1.365231] usb 2-4: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice [ 1.375907] Initializing USB Mass Storage driver... [ 1.376116] scsi2 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices [ 1.376279] usb-storage: device found at 2 [ 1.376282] usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning [ 1.376308] usbcore: registered new interface driver usb-storage [ 1.376505] USB Mass Storage support registered. ... [ 6.376250] usb-storage: device scan complete [ 6.377351] scsi 2:0:0:0: CD-ROM Optiarc DVD RW AD-7203S 1.03 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0 [ 6.385454] sr1: scsi3-mmc drive: 48x/48x writer dvd-ram cd/rw xa/form2 cdda tray [ 6.386143] sr 2:0:0:0: Attached scsi CD-ROM sr1 [ 6.386572] sr 2:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg1 type 5 ======================================================= c. if I attach the USB/SATA converter to the motherboard USB and the disk is inside during the boot then it play the film [ 1.262194] usb 1-2: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 3 [ 1.396984] usb 1-2: New USB device found, idVendor=152d, idProduct=2329 [ 1.396988] usb 1-2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=5 [ 1.396992] usb 1-2: Product: USB to ATA/ATAPI Bridge [ 1.396995] usb 1-2: Manufacturer: JMicron [ 1.396997] usb 1-2: SerialNumber: FFFFFFFFFFFF [ 1.397146] usb 1-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice [ 1.407744] Initializing USB Mass Storage driver... [ 1.407940] scsi2 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices [ 1.408090] usb-storage: device found at 3 [ 1.408094] usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning [ 1.408117] usbcore: registered new interface driver usb-storage [ 1.408207] USB Mass Storage support registered. .. [ 6.408141] usb-storage: device scan complete [ 6.409254] scsi 2:0:0:0: CD-ROM Optiarc DVD RW AD-7203S 1.03 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0 .. [ 11.585216] sr 2:0:0:0: Attached scsi CD-ROM sr0 ======================================================= d. I put a Kingston USB-sticket inside then it works well [ 1.754861] usb 2-4: Manufacturer: Kingston [ 1.754864] usb 2-4: SerialNumber: 0050BACA27F7B9111326014D [ 1.755003] usb 2-4: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice [ 1.765793] Initializing USB Mass Storage driver... [ 1.765949] scsi2 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices [ 1.766071] usb-storage: device found at 2 [ 1.766076] usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning [ 1.766112] usbcore: registered new interface driver usb-storage [ 1.766123] USB Mass Storage support registered. .. [ 6.764733] usb-storage: device scan complete [ 6.802354] scsi 2:0:0:0: Direct-Access Kingston DataTraveler 2.0 PMAP PQ: 0 ANSI: 0 CCS [ 6.803152] scsi 2:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg1 type 0 [ 7.212291] sd 2:0:0:0: [sda] 31375360 512-byte logical blocks: (16.0 GB/14.9 GiB) [ 7.212782] sd 2:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off [ 7.212786] sd 2:0:0:0: [sda] Mode Sense: 23 00 00 00 [ 7.212790] sd 2:0:0:0: [sda] Assuming drive cache: write through [ 7.216158] sd 2:0:0:0: [sda] Assuming drive cache: write through [ 7.216212] sda: sda1 [ 7.248413] sd 2:0:0:0: [sda] Assuming drive cache: write through [ 7.248464] sd 2:0:0:0: [sda] Attached SCSI removable disk ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (I tried these after a new install in the same computer) I will accomplish these same things on another computer in i386 environment. Greetings z