On Thu, 28 Aug 1997, PG Manney wrote: My CD-ROM drive says LMS on one part (I think it's the PC interface card), which I was told stood for Laser Magnetic Storage. The drive itself (and the service manual) say Philips. I would therefore try Philips first. Come to think of it, I beleive I've seen drivers for some of these CD-ROM drives on the web - have you tried searching? I also seem to remember finding a Linux patch for at least one of them, under the name lmscd (or something like that). -tony