On Sat, 2005-07-23 at 18:40 +0900, Dave Gutteridge wrote: > Okay, this is it. <snip> What happens if you boot with the ide=nodma argument to the kernel? When you get the grub splash screen at boot time, hit any key to get to your boot menu, then hit "a" to edit the kernel line. Append ide=nodma to your kernel line and hit enter. Please report back the results. Thomas