Chris Puttick wrote:

SuSE Linux (Enterprise or Standard) Server 8 (aka United Linux 1) SP2, which I think is 2.4.2x

OK, thanks. The SUSE homepage for SLES 8 reckons a 2.4.19 kernel. (The x86 specs from [1].) I'm not sure about this whole SP2 thing - that may have included a kernel upgrade. If it _is_ running 2.4.19, that not only knocks SATA on the head, but also Adaptec 79xx SCSI controllers. Looks like this could be harder than I thought...... Tony [1]http://www.suse.co.uk/uk/business/products/server/sles/index.html