Hi. On my SuSE 8.1 I have problems with my DVD drive. If I take ls options all seems to be ok. The DVD is not visible in the /var/log/boot.msg file under the scsi emulation. Only visible is my CD-RW drive. I installed 8.1 on another harddisk, and here all was working ok. The ls's was very equal to my not working install. Here both my DVD and my CD-RW drives are visible in the boot.msg file. Here I have the ls listings. First from the install with the non working DVD drive: eurit:/dev # ls -l /dev/sr0 /dev/sr1 /dev/hdc /dev/hdd /dev/dvd /dev/cdrecorder lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 8 Dec 25 21:25 /dev/cdrecorder -> /dev/sr1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 8 Dec 28 09:57 /dev/dvd -> /dev/sr0 brw-rw---- 1 root disk 22, 0 Dec 28 13:44 /dev/hdc brw-rw---- 1 root disk 22, 64 Sep 9 22:24 /dev/hdd brw------- 1 erik disk 11, 0 Dec 28 09:55 /dev/sr0 brw------- 1 erik disk 11, 1 Sep 9 22:24 /dev/sr1 eurit:/dev # ls -il /dev/sr0 /dev/sr1 /dev/hdc /dev/hdd /dev/dvd /dev/cdrecorder 158499 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 8 Dec 25 21:25 /dev/cdrecorder -> /dev/sr1 65435 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 8 Dec 28 09:57 /dev/dvd -> /dev/sr0 195610 brw-rw---- 1 root disk 22, 0 Dec 28 13:44 /dev/hdc 33367 brw-rw---- 1 root disk 22, 64 Sep 9 22:24 /dev/hdd 65430 brw------- 1 erik disk 11, 0 Dec 28 09:55 /dev/sr0 38983 brw------- 1 erik disk 11, 1 Sep 9 22:24 /dev/sr1 eurit:/dev # ls -Il /dev/sr0 /dev/sr1 /dev/hdc /dev/hdd /dev/dvd /dev/cdrecorder /dev/cdrecorder /dev/dvd /dev/hdc /dev/hdd /dev/sr0 /dev/sr1 Output from /var/log/boot.msg: <4>hda: ST340810A, ATA DISK drive <4>hdc: SAMSUNG DVD-ROM SD-612F, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive <4>hdd: HL-DT-ST GCE-8160B, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive <4>ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14 <4>ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15 <4>scsi: limiting sg entries to 204 <6>scsi0 : SCSI host adapter emulation for IDE ATAPI devices <4> Vendor: HL-DT-ST Model: CD-RW GCE-8160B Rev: 2.01 <4> Type: CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 02 Now the output from the working 8.1 install: eurit:~ # ls -al /dev/sr0 /dev/sr1 /dev/hdc /dev/hdd /dev/dvd /dev/cdrecorder lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 8 Dec 28 17:44 /dev/cdrecorder -> /dev/sr1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 8 Dec 28 17:44 /dev/dvd -> /dev/sr0 brw------- 1 erik disk 22, 0 Sep 9 22:24 /dev/hdc brw-rw---- 1 root disk 22, 64 Sep 9 22:24 /dev/hdd brw------- 1 erik disk 11, 0 Sep 9 22:24 /dev/sr0 brw------- 1 erik disk 11, 1 Sep 9 22:24 /dev/sr1 eurit:~ # ls -il /dev/sr0 /dev/sr1 /dev/hdc /dev/hdd /dev/dvd /dev/cdrecorder 7 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 8 Dec 28 17:44 /dev/cdrecorder -> /dev/sr1 6 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 8 Dec 28 17:44 /dev/dvd -> /dev/sr0 30905 brw------- 1 erik disk 22, 0 Sep 9 22:24 /dev/hdc 30937 brw-rw---- 1 root disk 22, 64 Sep 9 22:24 /dev/hdd 36552 brw------- 1 erik disk 11, 0 Sep 9 22:24 /dev/sr0 36553 brw------- 1 erik disk 11, 1 Sep 9 22:24 /dev/sr1 eurit:~ # ls -Il /dev/sr0 /dev/sr1 /dev/hdc /dev/hdd /dev/dvd /dev/cdrecorder /dev/cdrecorder /dev/dvd /dev/hdc /dev/hdd /dev/sr0 /dev/sr1 <4>hdc: no flushcache support <4>hdd: no flushcache support <6>scsi0 : SCSI host adapter emulation for IDE ATAPI devices <4> Vendor: SAMSUNG Model: DVD-ROM SD-612F Rev: FS03 <4> Type: CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 02 <4> Vendor: HL-DT-ST Model: CD-RW GCE-8160B Rev: 2.01 <4> Type: CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 02 Hope to get valuable hints from you :-) Thannks in advance. -- Med venlig hilsen - Best regards - vy73 de OZ4KK. Erik Jakobsen - eja@urbakken.dk Registered Linux user #114875 - http://counter.li.org SuSE linux 8.1 - VMware 3.2 - WIN98SE.