I read: > I have tried booting various different kernels... try passing boot: linux ide2=0x180,0x386 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ to the kernel and it should be fine, http://lo-res.org/~x/vaio.txt might be of some help regards, x -- chris@lo-res.org Postmodernism is german romanticism with better http://pilot.fm/ special effects. (Jeff Keuss / via ctheory.com)