diff --git a/inxi b/inxi
index f5c1a8a..a8c9ffc 100755
--- a/inxi
+++ b/inxi
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 ####  Script Name: inxi
 ####  version: 1.7.0
 ####  Date: June 17 2011
-####  Patch Number: 02
+####  Patch Number: 03
 ########################################################################
 ####  SPECIAL THANKS
 ########################################################################
@@ -4503,11 +4503,24 @@ get_networking_local_ip_data()
 get_optical_drive_data()
 {
 	eval $LOGFS
-	# get the actual disk dev location:
-	local dev_disks_real=$( ls /dev/dvd* /dev/cd* /dev/scd* 2>/dev/null | xargs -l readlink | sort -u )
-	local temp_array='' dev_disks_links='' sys_uevent_path='' proc_cdrom='' link_list=''
-	local separator='' linked='' disk='' item_string='' proc_info_string=''
 	
+	local temp_array='' sys_uevent_path='' proc_cdrom='' link_list='' dev_disks_real=''
+	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: can't use this because some systems don't support xargs -l
+	# ls /dev/dvd* /dev/cd* /dev/scd* 2>/dev/null | xargs -l readlink | sort -u
+	for linked in $dev_disks_links
+	do
+		disk=$( readlink $linked 2>/dev/null )
+		if [[ -n $disk ]] && [[ -z $dev_disks_real || -z $( grep $disk <<< $dev_disks_real ) ]];then
+			# need line break IFS for below
+			dev_disks_real="$dev_disks_real
+$disk"
+		fi
+	done
+	linked=''
+	disk=''
+
 	# A_OPTICAL_DRIVE_DATA indexes: not going to use all these, but it's just as easy to build the full
 	# data array and use what we need from it as to update it later to add features or items
 	# 0 - true dev path, ie, sr0, hdc
@@ -4527,7 +4540,7 @@ get_optical_drive_data()
 	# 14 - state
 
 	if [[ -n $dev_disks_real ]];then
-		dev_disks_links=$( ls /dev/dvd* /dev/cd* /dev/scd* 2>/dev/null  )
+		# dev_disks_links=$( ls /dev/dvd* /dev/cd* /dev/scd* 2>/dev/null  )
 		if [[ $B_SHOW_FULL_OPTICAL == 'true' ]];then
 			proc_cdrom="$( cat /proc/sys/dev/cdrom/info 2>/dev/null )"
 		fi