Dear list, I forgot to specify that I also tried to add : alias block-major-97 pktcdvd in the /etc/modutil/aliases file and ran update-modules. With this setup, the kernel does *not* complain about not finding a driver for block major 97, but the pktsetup utility still reports the same error(open cd-rom: No such device or address). Emmanuel Charpentier -- Emmanuel Charpentier