Hello, A new system upon which I installed RH 7.0. I tried to install Linux-2.4.1 since that't what all my software is written for... Linux 2.2.16-22 (Came with RedHat 7.0) shows this upon successful startup: VP_IDE: IDE controller on PCI bus 00 dev 21 VP_IDE: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later ide0: BM-DMA at 0xd800-0xd807, BIOS settings: hda:DMA, hdb:DMA ide1: BM-DMA at 0xd808-0xd80f, BIOS settings: hdc:pio, hdd:pio hda: QUANTUM FIREBALL EX10.2A, ATA DISK drive hdb: FX4830T, ATAPI CDROM drive hdc: no response (status = 0xbf), resetting drive hdc: no response (status = 0xbf) hdd: no response (status = 0xbf), resetting drive hdd: no response (status = 0xbf) ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14 hda: QUANTUM FIREBALL EX10.2A, 9787MB w/418kB Cache, CHS=1247/255/63 Attempts to install Linux-2.4.1 show this upon unsuccessful startup: VP_IDE: IDE controller on PCI bus 00 dev 21 VP_IDE: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later ide0: BM-DMA at 0xd800-0xd807, BIOS settings: hda:DMA, hdb:DMA ide1: BM-DMA at 0xd808-0xd80f, BIOS settings: hdc:pio, hdd:pio hda: no response (status = 0xbf), resetting drive hda: no response (status = 0xbf) hdb: no response (status = 0xbf), resetting drive hdb: no response (status = 0xbf) hdc: no response (status = 0xbf), resetting drive hdc: no response (status = 0xbf) hdd: no response (status = 0xbf), resetting drive hdd: no response (status = 0xbf) Appropriate ./configs of grep =y, grep =m : CONFIG_X86=y CONFIG_ISA=y CONFIG_UID16=y CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL=y CONFIG_MODULES=y CONFIG_KMOD=y CONFIG_M486=y CONFIG_X86_WP_WORKS_OK=y CONFIG_X86_INVLPG=y CONFIG_X86_CMPXCHG=y CONFIG_X86_BSWAP=y CONFIG_X86_POPAD_OK=y CONFIG_X86_USE_STRING_486=y CONFIG_X86_ALIGNMENT_16=y CONFIG_NOHIGHMEM=y CONFIG_SMP=y CONFIG_HAVE_DEC_LOCK=y CONFIG_NET=y CONFIG_X86_IO_APIC=y CONFIG_X86_LOCAL_APIC=y CONFIG_PCI=y CONFIG_PCI_GOANY=y CONFIG_PCI_BIOS=y CONFIG_PCI_DIRECT=y CONFIG_SYSVIPC=y CONFIG_SYSCTL=y CONFIG_KCORE_ELF=y CONFIG_BINFMT_ELF=y CONFIG_PARPORT_OTHER=y CONFIG_PNP=y CONFIG_BLK_DEV_FD=y CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM=y CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD=y CONFIG_PACKET=y CONFIG_NETLINK=y CONFIG_RTNETLINK=y CONFIG_NETLINK_DEV=y CONFIG_FILTER=y CONFIG_UNIX=y CONFIG_INET=y CONFIG_IP_MULTICAST=y CONFIG_IPV6_EUI64=y CONFIG_IPX_INTERN=y CONFIG_IDE=y CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE=y CONFIG_BLK_DEV_HD_IDE=y CONFIG_BLK_DEV_HD=y CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDISK=y CONFIG_IDEDISK_MULTI_MODE=y CONFIG_BLK_DEV_CMD640=y CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RZ1000=y CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEPCI=y CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDMA_PCI=y CONFIG_IDEDMA_PCI_AUTO=y CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDMA=y CONFIG_BLK_DEV_AEC62XX=y CONFIG_AEC62XX_TUNING=y CONFIG_BLK_DEV_ALI15X3=y CONFIG_WDC_ALI15X3=y CONFIG_BLK_DEV_AMD7409=y CONFIG_BLK_DEV_CMD64X=y CONFIG_BLK_DEV_CY82C693=y CONFIG_BLK_DEV_CS5530=y CONFIG_BLK_DEV_HPT34X=y CONFIG_BLK_DEV_HPT366=y CONFIG_BLK_DEV_PIIX=y CONFIG_BLK_DEV_NS87415=y CONFIG_BLK_DEV_OPTI621=y CONFIG_BLK_DEV_PDC202XX=y CONFIG_PDC202XX_BURST=y CONFIG_BLK_DEV_OSB4=y CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SIS5513=y CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SLC90E66=y CONFIG_BLK_DEV_TRM290=y CONFIG_BLK_DEV_VIA82CXXX=y CONFIG_IDE_CHIPSETS=y CONFIG_BLK_DEV_4DRIVES=y CONFIG_BLK_DEV_ALI14XX=y CONFIG_BLK_DEV_DTC2278=y CONFIG_BLK_DEV_HT6560B=y CONFIG_BLK_DEV_PDC4030=y CONFIG_BLK_DEV_QD6580=y CONFIG_BLK_DEV_UMC8672=y CONFIG_IDEDMA_AUTO=y CONFIG_IDEDMA_IVB=y CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE_MODES=y CONFIG_AIC7XXX_TCQ_ON_BY_DEFAULT=y CONFIG_AIC7XXX_PROC_STATS=y CONFIG_SCSI_OMIT_FLASHPOINT=y CONFIG_SCSI_EATA_TAGGED_QUEUE=y CONFIG_SCSI_G_NCR5380_PORT=y CONFIG_NETDEVICES=y CONFIG_NET_ETHERNET=y CONFIG_NET_VENDOR_3COM=y CONFIG_NET_ISA=y CONFIG_NET_PCI=y CONFIG_VT=y CONFIG_VT_CONSOLE=y CONFIG_SERIAL=y CONFIG_SERIAL_CONSOLE=y CONFIG_UNIX98_PTYS=y CONFIG_RTC=y CONFIG_FT_NORMAL_DEBUG=y CONFIG_FT_STD_FDC=y CONFIG_QUOTA=y CONFIG_FAT_FS=y CONFIG_MSDOS_FS=y CONFIG_JOLIET=y CONFIG_NTFS_RW=y CONFIG_PROC_FS=y CONFIG_DEVPTS_FS=y CONFIG_QNX4FS_RW=y CONFIG_EXT2_FS=y CONFIG_NCPFS_PACKET_SIGNING=y CONFIG_NCPFS_IOCTL_LOCKING=y CONFIG_NCPFS_STRONG=y CONFIG_NCPFS_NFS_NS=y CONFIG_NCPFS_OS2_NS=y CONFIG_MSDOS_PARTITION=y CONFIG_SMB_NLS=y CONFIG_NLS=y CONFIG_VGA_CONSOLE=y CONFIG_VIDEO_SELECT=y CONFIG_MAGIC_SYSRQ=y CONFIG_TOSHIBA=m CONFIG_BINFMT_AOUT=m CONFIG_BINFMT_MISC=m CONFIG_PARPORT=m CONFIG_PARPORT_PC=m CONFIG_BLK_DEV_XD=m CONFIG_PARIDE=m CONFIG_PARIDE_PARPORT=m CONFIG_PARIDE_PD=m CONFIG_PARIDE_PCD=m CONFIG_PARIDE_PF=m CONFIG_PARIDE_PT=m CONFIG_PARIDE_PG=m CONFIG_PARIDE_ATEN=m CONFIG_PARIDE_BPCK=m CONFIG_PARIDE_COMM=m CONFIG_PARIDE_DSTR=m CONFIG_PARIDE_FIT2=m CONFIG_PARIDE_FIT3=m CONFIG_PARIDE_EPAT=m CONFIG_PARIDE_EPIA=m CONFIG_PARIDE_FRIQ=m CONFIG_PARIDE_FRPW=m CONFIG_PARIDE_KBIC=m CONFIG_PARIDE_KTTI=m CONFIG_PARIDE_ON20=m CONFIG_PARIDE_ON26=m CONFIG_BLK_DEV_LOOP=m CONFIG_BLK_DEV_NBD=m CONFIG_IPV6=m CONFIG_IPX=m CONFIG_X25=m CONFIG_LAPB=m CONFIG_ECONET=m CONFIG_WAN_ROUTER=m CONFIG_PHONE=m CONFIG_PHONE_IXJ=m CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDECD=m CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDETAPE=m CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEFLOPPY=m CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDESCSI=m CONFIG_SCSI=m CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SD=m CONFIG_CHR_DEV_ST=m CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SR=m CONFIG_CHR_DEV_SG=m CONFIG_BLK_DEV_3W_XXXX_RAID=m CONFIG_SCSI_7000FASST=m CONFIG_SCSI_ACARD=m CONFIG_SCSI_AHA152X=m CONFIG_SCSI_AHA1542=m CONFIG_SCSI_AHA1740=m CONFIG_SCSI_AIC7XXX=m CONFIG_SCSI_ADVANSYS=m CONFIG_SCSI_IN2000=m CONFIG_SCSI_AM53C974=m CONFIG_SCSI_BUSLOGIC=m CONFIG_SCSI_DTC3280=m CONFIG_SCSI_EATA=m CONFIG_SCSI_EATA_DMA=m CONFIG_SCSI_EATA_PIO=m CONFIG_SCSI_FUTURE_DOMAIN=m CONFIG_SCSI_GDTH=m CONFIG_SCSI_GENERIC_NCR5380=m CONFIG_SCSI_INITIO=m CONFIG_SCSI_INIA100=m CONFIG_SCSI_PPA=m CONFIG_SCSI_IMM=m CONFIG_SCSI_NCR53C406A=m CONFIG_SCSI_NCR53C7xx=m CONFIG_SCSI_NCR53C8XX=m CONFIG_SCSI_PAS16=m CONFIG_SCSI_QLOGIC_FAS=m CONFIG_SCSI_QLOGIC_ISP=m CONFIG_SCSI_QLOGIC_FC=m CONFIG_SCSI_SEAGATE=m CONFIG_SCSI_SYM53C416=m CONFIG_SCSI_DC390T=m CONFIG_SCSI_T128=m CONFIG_SCSI_U14_34F=m CONFIG_SCSI_ULTRASTOR=m CONFIG_SCSI_DEBUG=m CONFIG_IEEE1394=m CONFIG_IEEE1394_PCILYNX=m CONFIG_IEEE1394_OHCI1394=m CONFIG_IEEE1394_RAWIO=m CONFIG_ARCNET=m CONFIG_ARCNET_COM90xx=m CONFIG_ARCNET_COM90xxIO=m CONFIG_ARCNET_RIM_I=m CONFIG_ARCNET_COM20020=m CONFIG_DUMMY=m CONFIG_EQUALIZER=m CONFIG_ETHERTAP=m CONFIG_EL2=m CONFIG_ELPLUS=m CONFIG_EL16=m CONFIG_EL3=m CONFIG_3C515=m CONFIG_VORTEX=m CONFIG_LANCE=m CONFIG_DEPCA=m CONFIG_HP100=m CONFIG_E2100=m CONFIG_EEXPRESS=m CONFIG_EEXPRESS_PRO=m CONFIG_HPLAN_PLUS=m CONFIG_HPLAN=m CONFIG_ETH16I=m CONFIG_NE2000=m CONFIG_PCNET32=m CONFIG_PCNET32_SEEPROM=m CONFIG_ADAPTEC_STARFIRE=m CONFIG_AC3200=m CONFIG_APRICOT=m CONFIG_CS89x0=m CONFIG_TULIP=m CONFIG_DE4X5=m CONFIG_DGRS=m CONFIG_DM9102=m CONFIG_EEPRO100=m CONFIG_NATSEMI=m CONFIG_NE2K_PCI=m CONFIG_8139TOO=m CONFIG_RTL8129=m CONFIG_SIS900=m CONFIG_EPIC100=m CONFIG_SUNDANCE=m CONFIG_TLAN=m CONFIG_VIA_RHINE=m CONFIG_WINBOND_840=m CONFIG_ACENIC=m CONFIG_HAMACHI=m CONFIG_YELLOWFIN=m CONFIG_PLIP=m CONFIG_PPP=m CONFIG_SLIP=m CONFIG_RCPCI=m CONFIG_SHAPER=m CONFIG_PRINTER=m CONFIG_QIC02_TAPE=m CONFIG_NVRAM=m CONFIG_FTAPE=m CONFIG_ZFTAPE=m CONFIG_ZFT_COMPRESSOR=m CONFIG_AUTOFS_FS=m CONFIG_REISERFS_FS=m CONFIG_ADFS_FS=m CONFIG_AFFS_FS=m CONFIG_VFAT_FS=m CONFIG_EFS_FS=m CONFIG_ISO9660_FS=m CONFIG_MINIX_FS=m CONFIG_NTFS_FS=m CONFIG_HPFS_FS=m CONFIG_QNX4FS_FS=m CONFIG_ROMFS_FS=m CONFIG_SYSV_FS=m CONFIG_UFS_FS=m CONFIG_CODA_FS=m CONFIG_NFS_FS=m CONFIG_NFSD=m CONFIG_SUNRPC=m CONFIG_LOCKD=m CONFIG_SMB_FS=m CONFIG_NCP_FS=m CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_437=m CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_737=m CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_775=m CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_850=m CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_852=m CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_855=m CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_857=m CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_860=m CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_861=m CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_862=m CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_863=m CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_864=m CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_865=m CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_866=m CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_869=m CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_874=m CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_932=m CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_936=m CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_949=m CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_950=m CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_1=m CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_2=m CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_3=m CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_4=m CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_5=m CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_6=m CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_7=m CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_8=m CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_9=m CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_14=m CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_15=m CONFIG_NLS_KOI8_R=m CONFIG_MDA_CONSOLE=m Any clues? Cheers, Dick Johnson Penguin : Linux version 2.4.1 on an i686 machine (799.53 BogoMips). "Memory is like gasoline. You use it up when you are running. Of course you get it all back when you reboot..."; Actual explanation obtained from the Micro$oft help desk. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/