diff -Naur xfce4-sensors-plugin_old/panel-plugin/hddtemp.c xfce4-sensors-plugin-0.10.99.4/panel-plugin/hddtemp.c
--- xfce4-sensors-plugin_old/panel-plugin/hddtemp.c	2008-02-02 14:04:24.000000000 +0100
+++ xfce4-sensors-plugin-0.10.99.4/panel-plugin/hddtemp.c	2008-02-03 16:54:00.000000000 +0100
@@ -123,7 +123,8 @@
         if ( strncmp (dirname, "ram", 3)!=0 &&
              strncmp (dirname, "loop", 4)!=0 &&
              strncmp (dirname, "md", 2)!=0 &&
-             strncmp (dirname, "dm-", 3)!=0 ) {
+             strncmp (dirname, "dm-", 3)!=0 &&
+             strncmp (dirname, "fd", 2) !=0) {
             /* TODO: look, if /dev/dirname exists? */
             chipfeature = g_new0 (t_chipfeature, 1);
             chipfeature->name = g_strconcat ("/dev/", dirname, NULL); /* /proc/ide/hda/model ?? */