>hz >I will accomplish these same things on another computer in i386 environment.
ok, works fine Linux version 2.6.32-5-686 (Debian 2.6.32-23) (da...@debian.org) (gcc version 4.3.5 (Debian 4.3.5-3) ) #1 SMP Sat Sep 18 02:14:45 UTC 2010 [ 2.173031] usb 2-4: New USB device found, idVendor=152d, idProduct=2329 [ 2.173037] usb 2-4: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=5 [ 2.173041] usb 2-4: Product: USB to ATA/ATAPI Bridge [ 2.173044] usb 2-4: Manufacturer: JMicron [ 2.173046] usb 2-4: SerialNumber: FFFFFFFFFFFF [ 2.173165] usb 2-4: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice [ 2.185069] Initializing USB Mass Storage driver... [ 2.185205] scsi3 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices [ 2.185379] usbcore: registered new interface driver usb-storage [ 2.185384] USB Mass Storage support registered. [ 2.186254] usb-storage: device found at 2 [ 2.186257] usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning ... ... [ 7.184205] usb-storage: device scan complete [ 7.185339] scsi 3:0:0:0: CD-ROM Optiarc DVD RW AD-7203S 1.03 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0 [ 7.191193] sr1: scsi3-mmc drive: 125x/125x writer dvd-ram cd/rw xa/form2 cdda tray [ 7.191334] sr 3:0:0:0: Attached scsi CD-ROM sr1 [ 7.191420] sr 3:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 5 Greetings hz