Realize you already solved it, but FYI, in 2.4.x you would do hdc=ide-scsi as the kernel parameter to tell the kernel which device is the cdrom, in 2.6.x, you would do hdc=cdrom (had to do it for my system to make it work) -- John L. Fjellstad web: http://www.fjellstad.org/ Quis custodiet ipsos custodes