Hey, Finally, after long searching, I'm ready. Some months ago I was given an HP tape drive by the head of IS where I work. But I've not installed it because 1. he didn't have either a cable or a scsi card for it, & 2. buying either a scsi cable to go from centronics to scsi 3 (the port I already have) costs round $65.00 or round $120.00 for a scsi II card (I already had a centronics to scsi II cable). Well, now (for no money) I have not only the exact scsi card the drive works with, but also the cable. So, I plan to attempt to get the drive working this weekend. Now, in fooling round last night with different boots, I'd found that the failsafe boot said something to the effect of looking for "new" hardware. With my scanner, I only know to set it up manually (& plan to look for the recommended cooker rpms this weekend as well). Is the failsafe boot an easier means of installiing new hardware? Or, if not, is there an easier way than doing so manually? Meph -- "I did this 'cause Linux gives me a woody." -Dave '-ddt->' Taylor, announcing DOOM for Linux
