Passing the nosmp parameter to a kernel with the SMY53C8XX_2 SCSI driver causes a kernel oops on 2.4.23 and prevents the driver from detecting any SCSI devices on 2.6.0. Tom PS: I vote for the inclusion of the oops to floppy patch -- T h o m a s Z e h e t b a u e r ( TZ251 ) PGP encrypted mail preferred - KeyID 96FFCB89 mail pgp-key-request@hostmaster.org Hi, I'm a tagline virus. Please add me to your signature and help me spread :)