On Tue, 28 May 2002 09:32:53 -0600 (MDT) VINSON WAYNE HOWARD <Wayne.Vinson@Colorado.EDU> wrote: VWH> ro root=/dev/hda2 hde=noprobe ide2=noprobe ide3=noprobe First of all, the second IDE channel is ide1 and not 2. Second, have you tried hdx=none ide1=noprobe? Felipe -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/