If none of the other's advise works for you then let me know. I am running the exact same stuff as you are and I have the steps necessary for installing the module (for either raid boot or ide-boot w/ raid mount, etc.) and updating it to the latest kernel using yast without breaking your system since it is not a supported module in 9.1. Thank you to all who responded. I added 3w-9xxx and scsi_mod to /etc/sysconfig/kernel; # This variable contains the list of modules to be added to the initial # ramdisk by calling the script "mk_initrd" # (like drivers for scsi-controllers, for lvm or reiserfs) # INITRD_MODULES="sata_sil jbd ext3 scsi_mod 3w-9xxx" and ran mk_initrd. Since this box is being used to run postgres queries, I am waiting for the queries to complete before the reboot. I'll let you know the result. Regards, ~James