On Saturday 02 February 2008, Les Mikesell wrote: > IDE drives mostly (all?) use the same driver. Try moving a scsi drive > between different controler brands or even models. Been there, done that. Last time was between an Adaptec 29160N and an Adaptec 29320LPE about a month ago. Yes, they use different kernel drivers. Yes, I had to go through the 'boot from rescue CD, rebuild initrd' process with which I'm pretty familiar. Not hard now, but it wasn't a cakewalk the first time, that's for sure. -- Lamar Owen www.pari.edu