Hello, I have: an IBM Thinkpad T21 laptop with shrike "personal desktop" install an ADAPTEC 1460B PCMCIA SCSI adapter, connecting the laptop to: an external SCSI JAZ drive an UMAX ASTRA 610S scanner When I insert the card, everything is recognized, I can scan and mount the JAZ drive. When XSane is closed and the drive not mounted, however, extracting the SCSI adapter freezes the system. Only power down brings it back. I'm sure that I'm overlooking something stupid, but can this be avoided? What should I do before removing the adapter? TIA, Marco Fioretti -- Marco Fioretti m.fioretti, at the server inwind.it Red Hat for low memory http://www.rule-project.org/en/ May your campfire always burn bright