... maybe because I have a Promise Ultra66 ?? I'm trying to install Mandrake 7.0 on a Gateway system under Win98. Things go swimmingly until just before I get to choose the partitions. The installer seems to have gone past the SCSI driver phase (and keyboard choice), but then it asks me whether I have any SCSI devices. If I say Yes, I get a list of drivers I don't recognise; if I say No, I just get asked again! (It reminds me of a jokey, "Are you satisfied with your salary?" dialog...) I've seen instructions on supplying parameters to the boot line, of the form: boot: linux ide2=0xmmmm,0xnnnn+2 where mmmm is the 1st value of the 1st I/O range, nnnnn is 1st of the 2nd. However, I'm aiming for a dual boot system (have to keep Win98 to keep the other half happy), and in my naivety, I worry about accidentally trashing Win98. Is it safe to proceed as above? And how can I determine whether it should be ide0 or ide1 instead? Thanks, Brian Ritchie