In a nutshell, I have a Mandrake 6.1 setup , and I'd like to use the SCSI emulation for one or both of my drives, using append="HDD=IDE-SCSI" I use a boot-disk to launch Linux (2 Hard Drives, hda is winderz), and if I launch it by actually typing LINUX HDD=IDE-SCSI, all goes well, I just ahve to use the modprobe ide-scsi once I'm logged in. This is fine, But I've adjusted the lilo.conf on the boot disk and hdb1 (root partition), yet I can't get it to work by just hitting enter or letting it time-out (this is very important, as I'd like to set it up idiot proof so the rest of the family can burn CD's without suffering the freezing windows burner). SO where do I add hdd=ide-scsi?? Since it works by typing it in each time, I'm assuming it must be possible, As I'm using SCSI emulation right now (cdparanoia and cdrecord work better (or at all) with it, so it's important). -- Eric Aksomitis {On Linux} http://www.dlcwest.com/~jed/re_answer.shtml mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]