i have a qlogic isp card in my 500a miata and using 'mt asf' always panics the kernel. although the qlogic isp driver isn't great for tape drives (doesn't support scsi connect/disconnect), it shouldn't cause the kernel to kill the interrupt handler. is this a know issue? can anyone recommend a cheap narrow scsi card that works on alpha? :) -- Tom Vier <thomassr@erols.com> DSA Key id 0x27371A2C