--- drivers/block/ide-cd.c~	Sat Oct 28 20:09:03 2000
+++ drivers/block/ide-cd.c	Sat Oct 28 20:09:23 2000
@@ -2597,8 +2597,6 @@
 	int minor = drive->select.b.unit << PARTN_BITS;
 	int nslots, ro;
 
-	ro = !CDROM_CONFIG_FLAGS(drive)->dvd_ram;
-	set_device_ro(MKDEV(HWIF(drive)->major, minor), ro);
 	set_blocksize(MKDEV(HWIF(drive)->major, minor), CD_FRAMESIZE);
 
 	drive->special.all	= 0;
@@ -2718,6 +2716,9 @@
 	info->start_seek	= 0;
 
 	nslots = ide_cdrom_probe_capabilities (drive);
+
+	ro = !CDROM_CONFIG_FLAGS(drive)->dvd_ram;
+	set_device_ro(MKDEV(HWIF(drive)->major, minor), ro);
 
 	if (ide_cdrom_register (drive, nslots)) {
 		printk ("%s: ide_cdrom_setup failed to register device with the cdrom driver.\n", drive->name);