Well, its semi-solved I had to set CONFIG_SCSI_MULTI_LUN=y
However I had to upgrade to 2.6.15-rc5, because 2.6.15-rc1 won't boot for me anymore. I initially thought it was because of the CONFIG_SCSI_MULTI_LUN, but I went back to an old (working) config file, and it still doesn't boot: >> Mounting root... >> Booting (initramfs)...unmount: /dev: Device or resource busy *: Failed to unmount the initrd /dev! .. INIT: version 2.86 booting [some usual boot stuff] fsck.ext3: No such file or directory while trying to open /dev/hda7 /dev/hda7: The superblock could not be read or does not ...[blah blah blah] I think it might be genkernel which I just upgraded from 3.3.6 to 3.3.8. Any ideas? I can't stay with 2.6.15-rc5 because other things don't work, and I can't go back to 2.6.15-rc1 because it won't boot... At least, /var/log/messages now shows: Dec 13 14:50:12 orpheus usb 5-3: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 9 Dec 13 14:50:12 orpheus scsi5 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices Dec 13 14:50:12 orpheus usb-storage: device found at 9 Dec 13 14:50:12 orpheus usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning Dec 13 14:50:17 orpheus Vendor: Model: VP6230 Rev: 1.07 Dec 13 14:50:17 orpheus Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 00 Dec 13 14:50:17 orpheus sd 5:0:0:0: Attached scsi removable disk sda Dec 13 14:50:17 orpheus sd 5:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg0 type 0 Dec 13 14:50:17 orpheus Vendor: Model: VP6230 Rev: 1.07 Dec 13 14:50:17 orpheus Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 00 Dec 13 14:50:17 orpheus sd 5:0:0:1: Attached scsi removable disk sdb Dec 13 14:50:17 orpheus sd 5:0:0:1: Attached scsi generic sg1 type 0 Dec 13 14:50:17 orpheus Vendor: Model: VP6230 Rev: 1.07 Dec 13 14:50:17 orpheus Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 00 Dec 13 14:50:17 orpheus sd 5:0:0:2: Attached scsi removable disk sdc Dec 13 14:50:17 orpheus sd 5:0:0:2: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0 Dec 13 14:50:17 orpheus Vendor: Model: VP6230 Rev: 1.07 Dec 13 14:50:17 orpheus Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 00 Dec 13 14:50:17 orpheus SCSI device sdd: 39070080 512-byte hdwr sectors (20004 MB) Dec 13 14:50:17 orpheus sdd: assuming drive cache: write through Dec 13 14:50:17 orpheus SCSI device sdd: 39070080 512-byte hdwr sectors (20004 MB) Dec 13 14:50:17 orpheus sdd: assuming drive cache: write through Dec 13 14:50:17 orpheus scsi.agent[19295]: disk at /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb5/5-3/5-3:1.0/host5/target5:0:0/5:0:0:1 Dec 13 14:50:17 orpheus scsi.agent[19290]: disk at /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb5/5-3/5-3:1.0/host5/target5:0:0/5:0:0:0 Dec 13 14:50:17 orpheus scsi.agent[19304]: disk at /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb5/5-3/5-3:1.0/host5/target5:0:0/5:0:0:2 Dec 13 14:50:17 orpheus sdd: sdd1 Dec 13 14:50:17 orpheus sd 5:0:0:3: Attached scsi disk sdd Dec 13 14:50:17 orpheus sd 5:0:0:3: Attached scsi generic sg3 type 0 Dec 13 14:50:17 orpheus usb-storage: device scan complete Dec 13 14:50:18 orpheus scsi.agent[19311]: disk at /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb5/5-3/5-3:1.0/host5/target5:0:0/5:0:0:3 as you can see, sda, sdb, sdc, and sdd (including sdd1) which is the internal HD - woohoo. If only I could boot... thanks for the help so far! -- Iain Buchanan <iaindb at netspace dot net dot au> All language designers are arrogant. Goes with the territory... -- Larry Wall -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list