attached is the oops, the config, and some info on the box. ide is only used for the cdrom. it oopes during bootup. also, if i remove ide from this kernel, it'll boot on the scsi drive just fine. 2.4.19 works just fine on this box. -steve cpu info: linux# cat /proc/cpuinfo processor : 0 vendor_id : GenuineIntel cpu family : 6 model : 5 model name : Pentium II (Deschutes) stepping : 1 cpu MHz : 399.325 cache size : 512 KB fdiv_bug : no hlt_bug : no f00f_bug : no coma_bug : no fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 2 wp : yes flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 mmx fxsr bogomips : 796.26 processor : 1 vendor_id : GenuineIntel cpu family : 6 model : 5 model name : Pentium II (Deschutes) stepping : 2 cpu MHz : 399.325 cache size : 512 KB fdiv_bug : no hlt_bug : no f00f_bug : no coma_bug : no fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 2 wp : yes flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 mmx fxsr bogomips : 797.90 pci information: linux# lspci -v 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX Host bridge (rev 02) Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32 Memory at f0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=64M] Capabilities: [a0] AGP version 1.0 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX AGP bridge (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode]) Flags: 66Mhz, medium devsel Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=64 00:02.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corp. 82557/8/9 [Ethernet Pro 100] (rev 05) Subsystem: IBM: Unknown device 00d7 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 18 Memory at f6dff000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=4K] I/O ports at 70e0 [size=32] Memory at f6f00000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1M] Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 1 00:03.0 SCSI storage controller: Adaptec AHA-2940U/UW / AHA-39xx / AIC-7895 (rev 04) Subsystem: Adaptec AHA-2940U/2940UW Dual AHA-394xAU/AUW/AUWD AIC-7895B Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 19 I/O ports at 7400 [size=256] Memory at f6ede000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K] Expansion ROM at [disabled] [size=64K] Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 1 00:03.1 SCSI storage controller: Adaptec AHA-2940U/UW / AHA-39xx / AIC-7895 (rev 04) Subsystem: Adaptec AHA-2940U/2940UW Dual AHA-394xAU/AUW/AUWD AIC-7895B Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 19 I/O ports at 7800 [size=256] Memory at f6edf000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K] Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 1 00:04.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ISA (rev 02) Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0 00:04.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 IDE (rev 01) (prog-if 80 [Master]) Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32 I/O ports at fff0 [size=16] 00:04.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 USB (rev 01) (prog-if 00 [UHCI]) Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 48, IRQ 19 I/O ports at ff00 [size=32] 00:04.3 Bridge: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ACPI (rev 02) Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 9 00:0f.0 Display controller: Texas Instruments TVP4020 [Permedia 2] (rev 01) Subsystem: Diamond Multimedia Systems FIRE GL 1000 PRO Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 208, IRQ 19 Memory at f6ee0000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128K] Memory at f7000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8M] Memory at f7800000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8M] Expansion ROM at [disabled] [size=64K]