diff --git a/inxi b/inxi
index 308b1d6..19a164f 100755
--- a/inxi
+++ b/inxi
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 ########################################################################
 ####  Script Name: inxi
-####  version: 1.7.0
+####  version: 1.7.1
 ####  Date: June 17 2011
-####  Patch Number: 05
+####  Patch Number: 00
 ########################################################################
 ####  SPECIAL THANKS
 ########################################################################
@@ -4504,21 +4504,23 @@ get_optical_drive_data()
 {
 	eval $LOGFS
 	
-	local temp_array='' sys_uevent_path='' proc_cdrom='' link_list='' dev_disks_real=''
+	local temp_array='' sys_uevent_path='' proc_cdrom='' link_list=''
 	local separator='' linked='' disk='' item_string='' proc_info_string='' 
 	local dev_disks_links="$( ls /dev/dvd* /dev/cd* /dev/scd* 2>/dev/null  )"
-	# get the actual disk dev location, first try default which is easier to run
-	dev_disks_real="$( echo "$dev_disks_links" | xargs -l readlink 2>/dev/null | sort -u )"
+	# get the actual disk dev location, first try default which is easier to run, need to preserve line breaks
+	local dev_disks_real="$( echo "$dev_disks_links" | xargs -l readlink 2>/dev/null | sort -u )"
 	# Some systems don't support xargs -l so we need to do it manually
 	if [[ -z $dev_disks_real ]];then
 		for linked in $dev_disks_links
 		do
 			disk=$( readlink $linked 2>/dev/null )
-			if [[ -n $disk ]] && [[ -z $dev_disks_real || -z $( grep $disk <<< $dev_disks_real ) ]];then
+			if [[ -n $disk ]];then
 				disk=$( basename $disk ) # puppy shows this as /dev/sr0, not sr0
-				# need line break IFS for below, no white space
-				dev_disks_real="$dev_disks_real$separator$disk"
-				separator=$'\n'
+				if [[ -z $dev_disks_real || -z $( grep $disk <<< $dev_disks_real ) ]];then
+					# need line break IFS for below, no white space
+					dev_disks_real="$dev_disks_real$separator$disk"
+					separator=$'\n'
+				fi
 			fi
 		done
 		dev_disks_real="$( sort -u <<< "$dev_disks_real" )"