I just gave 2.4_sym53c8xx_2.2.1.18.patch a quick test - it fixes the problem and everything else still tests OK. Thanks, Anthony J. Battersby Cybernetics - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-scsi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html