So why is it a problem that my CD burner works? This is Debian sarge, installed last fall, 2.4.26 kernel. CD burner with K3B works just fine. The problem is, I don't have ide-scsi turned on anywhere; the CD is still at /dev/hdc. If I go to the command line and do cdrecord -scanbus, I do not get any valid devices. If I look at K3B setup I don't see any special parameters. I thought you needed scsi emulation to use a CD burner in the 2.4 series kernel. Can someone explain to me why this is working with K3B? Thanks, Charlie