KERNEL Version 2.4.32 The "SAMSUNG CD-ROM SC-140" needs to be added to the dma blacklist. I have had to make this patch since about Version 2.4.23 to accommodate a major code change in ide-dma structure. Here is the context diff. Sincerely: Steven J.Hathaway, *** drivers/ide/ide-dma.c-org 2006-10-01 12:31:17.000000000 -0700 --- drivers/ide/ide-dma.c 2006-10-01 12:33:20.000000000 -0700 *************** *** 137,142 **** --- 137,143 ---- { "CD-ROM Drive/F5A", "ALL" }, { "RICOH CD-R/RW MP7083A", "ALL" }, { "WPI CDD-820", "ALL" }, + { "SAMSUNG CD-ROM SC-140", "ALL" }, { "SAMSUNG CD-ROM SC-148C", "ALL" }, { "SAMSUNG CD-ROM SC-148F", "ALL" }, { "SAMSUNG CD-ROM SC", "ALL" },