Hello to you :-) I ve a little problem If you read the log (/var/log/messages/) below the ECRIX is recognised as hdc. But i don't see it it in /dev/* But i see thecdrom recongised as hdb. Do you have any clue ? Thank you Nov 2 10:34:53 constellation kernel: ide0: BM-DMA at 0xa800-0xa807, BIOS settings: hda:pio, hdb:DMA Nov 2 10:34:53 constellation kernel: ide1: BM-DMA at 0xa808-0xa80f, BIOS settings: hdc:DMA, hdd:pio Nov 2 10:34:53 constellation kernel: hdb: ATAPI 48X CDROM, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive Nov 2 10:34:53 constellation kernel: ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14 Nov 2 10:34:53 constellation kernel: hdc: ECRIX VXA-1a, ATAPI TAPE drive Nov 2 10:34:53 constellation kernel: ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15 -- Franck