>: >: >: >: >: New hypothesis: generic too short timeout - please increase timeout to >: >: 5000 in wait_for_ready. >: >: could you name the file to fix? sorry, I guess it's (2.2.16 here) drivers/block/ide-pmac.c line 597 wait_for_ready(ide_drive_t *drive) { /* Timeout bumped for some powerbooks */ int timeout = 2000; byte stat; -- Yours, ce