You mentioned getting errors such as 'esp0: scsi bus reset interrupt'. I believe this is a known bug in the Kernel dealing with a buggy scsi device on the chain. Try booting with the boot argument 'max_scsi_luns=1', i.e., 'linux max_scsi_luns=1'. Let us know if that solves it. -- .....Adam Di Carlo....adam@onShore.com.....<URL:http://www.onShore.com/>