I'm seeing this sort of thing in my system log: May 5 16:59:00 linux /USR/SBIN/CRON[18323]: (root) CMD ( rm -f /var/spool/ cron/lastrun/cron.hourly) May 5 16:59:02 linux kernel: Device not ready. Make sure there is a disc in the drive. May 5 16:59:33 linux last message repeated 12 times May 5 17:00:34 linux last message repeated 24 times May 5 17:01:36 linux last message repeated 24 times May 5 17:02:38 linux last message repeated 24 times May 5 17:03:39 linux last message repeated 24 times May 5 17:04:41 linux last message repeated 24 times May 5 17:05:42 linux last message repeated 24 times May 5 17:06:44 linux last message repeated 24 times May 5 17:07:45 linux last message repeated 24 times May 5 17:08:47 linux last message repeated 24 times May 5 17:09:49 linux last message repeated 24 times May 5 17:10:50 linux last message repeated 24 times ..... and on and on... How should I proceed? Is the 'device' my CDROM? Jake