>>>So what should the append line include? Ok, so I'm a n00b in this area, >>>but I can't find any information on this.. Maybe this will help. These are equivalent (but untested) entries for both Lilo and Grub (sounds like the name of a Saturday morning cartoon show). Notice that the "append" line is "appended" to the "root =" line in Grub. Lilo Version: image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.19 label = Linux read-only root = /dev/ataraid/d0p2 append = "ide2=0xdc00,0xd802,5 ide3=0xd400,0x8402,5" initrd = /boot/initrd-2.4.19.img Grub Version: title Linux root (hd0,0) kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.19 ro root = /dev/ataraid/d0p2 ide2=0xdc00,0xd802,5 ide3=0xd400,0x8402,5 initrd /initrd-2.4.19.img