It was Thu, 21 Jun 2001 19:00:48 -0400 when civileme wrote: >Until a reliable kernel 2.4.6 is out, if you want to use >ATA-100, you need to install kernel-2.2.19. Your Motherboard >has a VIA chipset and the kernel is gimmicked to cripple itself >away from DMA to avoid the vicious hardware bug associated with >the 686B SouthBridge/IDE -PCI Controller. Hi Civileme, Could this be the problem that is kicking my ISDN down too? The new mobo has the same Southbridge thing-ama-jig, and I also run 2.4.3. Paul -- It is a profitable thing, if one is wise, to seem foolish. -Aeschylus http://nlpagan.net - Registered Linux User 174403 Linux Mandrake 7.2 - Sylpheed 0.4.99 ** http://www.care2.com - when you care **