Larry,
Is the drive in question a Samsung CDRW? I know Dell shipped a
bunch of systems with CDRWs with firmware issues that arose under either
Windows or Linux. Basically the CDRW would disappear after a few hours
and no longer respond to the eject button. Dell has updated firmware
for these drives on their web site as Samsung SW-248F 48X CDRW, v.R603, A02.
Jack
