Macknal I haven't understood anything. Which is the ones that let you fix the problem? Master/Slave/Cable Select?
In my case is Master (I have only one drive pata) and I have the problem -- hal detects written DVD as empty https://launchpad.net/bugs/14692 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs