Ok - compiled the new kernel with Richard Gooch's recommended patch for check.c
Rebooted and checked /var/messages Here's the output snip of messages: Feb 19 19:33:26 foxbase kernel: PIIX4: IDE controller on PCI bus 00 dev 39 Feb 19 19:33:26 foxbase kernel: PIIX4: chipset revision 1 Feb 19 19:33:26 foxbase kernel: PIIX4: not 100%% native mode: will probe irqs later Feb 19 19:33:26 foxbase kernel: ide0: BM-DMA at 0x1840-0x1847, BIOS settings: hda:pio, hdb:pio Feb 19 19:33:26 foxbase kernel: ide1: BM-DMA at 0x1848-0x184f, BIOS settings: hdc:DMA, hdd:pio Feb 19 19:33:26 foxbase kernel: hda: LS-120 CSMO 05 UHD Floppy, ATAPI FLOPPY drive Feb 19 19:33:26 foxbase kernel: hdc: IBM-DTTA-371440, ATA DISK drive Feb 19 19:33:26 foxbase kernel: ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14 Feb 19 19:33:26 foxbase kernel: ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15 Feb 19 19:33:26 foxbase kernel: hdc: 28229040 sectors (14453 MB) w/462KiB Cache, CHS=28005/16/63, UDMA(33) Feb 19 19:33:26 foxbase kernel: hda: No disk in drive Feb 19 19:33:26 foxbase kernel: hda: 123264kB, 963/8/32 CHS, 533 kBps, 512 sector size, 720 rpm --> Feb 19 19:33:26 foxbase kernel: Constructed: "ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0"<3>devfs_register(disc): could not append to parent, err: -17 Feb 19 19:33:26 foxbase kernel: Partition check: Feb 19 19:33:26 foxbase kernel: /dev/ide/host0/bus1/target0/lun0: [PTBL] [1757/255/63] p3 < p5 p6 p7 p8 > Feb 19 19:33:26 foxbase kernel: Constructed: "ide/host0/bus1/target0/lun0"floppy0: no floppy controllers found Feb 19 19:33:26 foxbase kernel: md: md driver 0.90.0 MAX_MD_DEVS=256, MD_SB_DISKS=27 Feb 19 19:33:26 foxbase kernel: md: Autodetecting RAID arrays. Feb 19 19:33:26 foxbase kernel: md: autorun ... Does that help? Anything else I can do? Thanks, Robert Fox
