It would appear that on Sat 5-8-04 , Alexander Dalloz did say: > What you experienced is how the ide-scsi module works. The kernel 2.6 > does not need it any more. To find more about SCSI and SCSI generics > please read > > /usr/src/linux-2.4.22-1.2188.nptl/Documentation/scsi.txt Thanks Alexander, the file was interesting reading... Does that mean I could (with the 2.6 kernel) eliminate the: append="hdb=ide-scsi" from the lilo.conf file, and use /dev/hdb for the cd-rw drive? -- | ~^~ ~^~ | <?> <?> Joe (theWordy) Philbrook | ^ J(tWdy)P | \___/ <<jtwdyp@xxxxxxxx>>