> when you use append = "idebus=xx" for your bus speed in lilo, it needs > to be placed in the local parts where your kernel specific stuff are. It > won't work in the global(top) part. Um, Yeah. :) You can also specify them on the lilo 'command line' at boot, like: boot: linux idebus=xx hdc=ide-scsi John -- # John Madden weez@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ICQ: 2EB9EA # FreeLists, Free mailing lists for all: //www.freelists.org # UNIX Systems Engineer, Ivy Tech State College: http://www.ivy.tec.in.us # Linux, Apache, Perl and C: All the best things in life are free!