Hi there, I'm having a hard time installing Mandrake 7.1 on a Sony Vaio PCG-N505X (that's one of these small subnotebooks). To install, the kernel needs to know that the CD-ROM is on a tertiary IDE-controller, i.e. you need a kernel parameter like ide2=0x180,0x386,15 With older versions of Mandrake it was possible to pass this parameter at boot time (e.g. for 7.0 you'd give it a "linux ide2=0x180,0x386,15 expert" at the prompt). But with 7.1 this doesn't seem to work anymore (I think I've tried all permutations with the expert and other install kernels). It simply boots into the second stage install, doesn't configure ide2 in the process, and not finding any, asks me what kind of CD-ROM I have (SCSI? Other?). Of course, then it's too late to configure the tertiary IDE controller... Any ideas? Cheers, René
