|> In all of the 2.6.0 series (not just -ac), you can enable SATA with |> your 865/875 chipset by selecting the ATA | IDE block devices | |> Intel PIIXn chipsets support option. Thank you! I didn't know this. So the crucial kernel-options, then, would be: CONFIG_SMP=y CONFIG_NR_CPUS=2 CONFIG_IDE=y CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE=y CONFIG_BLK_DEV_PIIX=y Do I have that right? Thanks, Jim