Greetings - A few days ago I purchased a Sony CRX195E1 (labeled as CRX195A1, but I think they're basically the same drive), which is a 40x12x48x Powerburn-enabled CD-RW. Although I have been able to get packet-writing to work in Linux, I haven't been able to get it to work in an entirely error-free manner. Examples are: -If I delete a directory on the CD-RW (say, dir1) in Windows, I am unable to create a directory of that name in Linux (mkdir claims that a directory of that name already exists). -For some reason, at least one file (possibly more) gives me 'access denied' errors, despite the utter lack of restrictions put on the thing. For instance, if I were to do 'ls *.jpg' it would stick in the middle of the output 'myfile.jpg - Access Denied'. Furthering this problem, after deleting and replacing this file in Windows, I not only did not regain access, but I got TWO of these errors on the SAME filename. -The CD-RW's drive light is almost ALWAYS on when I have the CD-RW mounted. -On one disc, the drive writing time was exceedingly slow when writing lots of little files. However, I suspect that the disc may have been bad. I have attempted using both SCSI emulation mode and plain IDE, but the problems seem to persist equally between these two modes. I am rather at a loss as to what to do. Is there a possibility of the drive being damaged? I have my suspicions, but it seems to work alright in Windows. I am currently using Linux 2.4.18 on a Slackware installation, with the (I believe) latest version of the packet-writing patch. In Windows, I'm using B's Clip 3.24 (which was what came with the drive). Although my skills in kernel programming are lacking, I -am- willing to try to help debug it, albiet I don't know what can be done - I turned on the logging/debug function at it seemed to produce no errors. Any help anyone can give me would be GREATLY appreciated. I have about nine days to determine whether or not this drive is suitable for use before I can't take it back. Thank you for any help you can give me. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Health - Feel better, live better http://health.yahoo.com