Using the Live Evaluation CDROM (KDE only) for SuSE 9.2, I was pleased to see that, at least as far as I was able to test, SuSE have fixed the dpt_i2o module. After booting from the CDROM, I opened a command prompt and ran "modprobe dpt_i2o". The module loaded successfully, and all of the SCSI disks were seen correctly, comprising one RAID-1 array and two single SCSI disks. (Under 9.0, at least one of the disks was seen twice; 8.2 was the last SuSE version that correctly supported this controller). I was able to copy and delete files on each of the disks with no errors. In total, I copied some 20GB of data across disks and onto the same disk(s). Throughput was comparable to what I see with the box running 8.2. Using the i2o subsytem on 9.1, file transfers this large (some files are 2GB in size) exposed a memory leak that would crash the system. I did not test the i2o subsytem on 9.2, nor even check that the i2o modules are available. I next unmounted the disks, rmmod'd dpt_i2o, and then ran YaST to see if it would detect the controller correctly. It did, and the dpt_i2o module loaded fine via YaST. In both cases after loading the module, SuSEWatcher noticed the "new" disks and offered to set them up for me by running YaST's partitioner module. The controller I used is a DPT 2865U3 RAID controller, in the same family as Adaptec 2100s. (Adaptec acquired DPT and repackaged their products as Adaptec's a few years ago). These few sample tests are encouraging, so I will be ordering 9.2 Pro to test further. I would like to hear from other DPT/Adaptec RAID users on this as well, please, if you don't mind downloading a few hundred MB and burning a CDROM. Thanks you, SuSE. Mark -- __________________________________________________________ A Message From... L. Mark Stone Reliable Networks of Maine, LLC 477 Congress Street Portland, ME 04101 (207) 772-5678