Eric, The info is: root at Giada:~ # ls -l /dev/dvd lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 3 Mar 17 14:08 /dev/dvd -> sr0 root at Giada:~ # ls -l /dev/sr0 brw-rw---- 1 root cdrom 11, 0 Mar 17 14:08 /dev/sr0 Thoughts? Joe