Looks like my drive has developed a fault. I can't mount existing CDs either. Looking at syslog, I see: Jun 14 09:34:53 colina kernel: Tracking servo failure -- (asc=0x09, ascq=0x01) Jun 14 09:34:53 colina kernel: The failed "Read Cd/Dvd Capacity" packet command was: Jun 14 09:34:53 colina kernel: "25 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 " Jun 14 09:34:53 colina kernel: hdc: packet command error: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error } Jun 14 09:34:53 colina kernel: hdc: packet command error: error=0x44 { AbortedCommand LastFailedSense=0x04 } Jun 14 09:34:53 colina kernel: ide: failed opcode was: unknown Jun 14 09:34:53 colina kernel: ATAPI device hdc: Jun 14 09:34:53 colina kernel: Error: Hardware error -- (Sense key=0x04) Jun 14 09:34:53 colina kernel: Tracking servo failure -- (asc=0x09, ascq=0x01) Jun 14 09:34:53 colina kernel: The failed "Read Cd/Dvd Capacity" packet command was: Jun 14 09:34:53 colina kernel: "25 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 " Jun 14 09:49:09 colina kernel: hdc: packet command error: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error } Jun 14 09:49:09 colina kernel: hdc: packet command error: error=0x44 { AbortedCommand LastFailedSense=0x04 } Jun 14 09:49:09 colina kernel: ide: failed opcode was: unknown Jun 14 09:49:09 colina kernel: ATAPI device hdc: Jun 14 09:49:09 colina kernel: Error: Hardware error -- (Sense key=0x04) Jun 14 09:49:09 colina kernel: Tracking servo failure -- (asc=0x09, ascq=0x01) Jun 14 09:49:09 colina kernel: The failed "Read Cd/Dvd Capacity" packet command was: Jun 14 09:49:09 colina kernel: "25 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 " Jun 14 09:49:09 colina kernel: hdc: packet command error: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error } Jun 14 09:49:09 colina kernel: hdc: packet command error: error=0x44 { AbortedCommand LastFailedSense=0x04 } Jun 14 09:49:09 colina kernel: ide: failed opcode was: unknown Jun 14 09:49:09 colina kernel: ATAPI device hdc: Jun 14 09:49:09 colina kernel: Error: Hardware error -- (Sense key=0x04) Jun 14 09:49:09 colina kernel: Tracking servo failure -- (asc=0x09, ascq=0x01) Jun 14 09:49:09 colina kernel: The failed "Read Cd/Dvd Capacity" packet command was: Jun 14 09:49:09 colina kernel: "25 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 " Jun 14 10:01:01 colina crond(pam_unix)[1613]: session opened for user root by (uid=0) Jun 14 10:01:03 colina crond(pam_unix)[1613]: session closed for user root Jun 14 10:49:25 colina kernel: cdrom: open failed. Is there anything I might be able to do about this? -- Colin Adams Preston Lancashire