--- linux-2.6.0-test11/drivers/ide/ide-cd.c~	2003-10-10 13:57:03.000000000 +0100
+++ linux-2.6.0-test11/drivers/ide/ide-cd.c	2003-12-14 00:01:27.628417328 +0000
@@ -799,6 +799,10 @@
 			 * sector...  If we got here the error is not correctable */
 			ide_dump_status (drive, "media error (bad sector)", stat);
 			do_end_request = 1;
+		} else if (sense_key == BLANK_CHECK) {
+			/* Disk appears blank ?? */
+			ide_dump_status (drive, "media error (blank)", stat);
+			do_end_request = 1;
 		} else if ((err & ~ABRT_ERR) != 0) {
 			/* Go to the default handler
 			   for other errors. */
--- linux-2.6.0-test11/drivers/ide/ide-cd.h~	2003-07-17 23:16:09.000000000 +0100
+++ linux-2.6.0-test11/drivers/ide/ide-cd.h	2003-12-13 23:58:06.900932544 +0000
@@ -501,6 +501,7 @@
 #define ILLEGAL_REQUEST         0x05
 #define UNIT_ATTENTION          0x06
 #define DATA_PROTECT            0x07
+#define BLANK_CHECK             0x08
 #define ABORTED_COMMAND         0x0b
 #define MISCOMPARE              0x0e
 
@@ -578,7 +579,7 @@
 	"Illegal request",
 	"Unit attention",
 	"Data protect",
-	"(reserved)",
+	"Blank check",
 	"(reserved)",
 	"(reserved)",
 	"Aborted command",