Hi, Petri writes: [ snip ] >... The machine (a generic Pentium box) > has an Adaptec 2940 PCI SCSI controller, and the kernel on the boot > floppy doesn't seem to recognize it. I've recently seen a similar posting in one of the comp.os.linux groups. Apparently the problem there was that the card in question had cheaper chipset, which made it non-compatible -- and unsupported :-( Check recent articles in comp.os.linux.development (or was it misc ?) hierarchies. Dimitri.