> > > error "No medium found" before the drive LED stops blinking. > > Shouldn't this be reported to the kernel devs as a regression? > There are kernel devs in reach ? Well there is a kernel dev mailing list. I've wanted to contact them at least twice but my messages always get rejected because I have to use a "free" mail server (as opposed to one on my own Linux box). I really should sign up for the mailing list, despite the bulk of mail that they send.