> Another part of the Debian way is that you rarely need to compile your > own kernel these days. What did you need to change? his (and mine) dma is not enabled. 0000:00:0f.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 06) thanks to his try, i compiled my own kernel and enabled dma too now. :)