I did a fresh RC1 install the other day and the /dev/cdrom link was broken. Ditto when I upgraded to the latest cooker. There was no /dev/cdroms directory, no /dev/scd0, and nothing in /dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target2/lun0. Doing: modprobe sr_mod fixed it. Is this supposed to be loaded at boot-time? It tries to do: modprobe scsi_hostadapter at boot-up and that command seg faults. Are they related? Let me know if you want to see config files. It's an Adaptec 29160 (using the aic7xxx module). thanks, Stephen