It seems that version 7.1 is the first SuSE release that I am not able to install on my PC as I have the previous releases. Using the Zip Drive Mini-Howto, as I did with SuSE 6.2, 6.3, 6.4 and 7.0, I was able to easily install Zip100 on my lp1 port and mount it as sda4. Not with 7.1. I make mrproper to start fresh, then in make menuconfig I set the kernel as: scsi support = Y scsi disk support = Y Iomega zip support as a module (ppa not imm - old zip drive) printer support as a module then make dep, clean bzImage, modules, modules_install. Then depmod -a (doing this or not doesn't make a difference) Then I copy bzImage to /boot/vmlinuz-jlk and System.map to /boot/System.map. Then I ran Lilo with a section pointing to my new kernel. (Love the new Lilo, BTW!). A reboot brings up the new kernel, I can see the ncr53c810 scsi card load. It has an IRQ of 11. But, uncharacteristically, modprobe ppa fails: root@JLKreps:/home/jerry > modprobe ppa /lib/modules/2.2.18/scsi/ppa.o: init_module: Device or resource busy Hint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect module parameters, including invalid IO or IRQ parameters /lib/modules/2.2.18/scsi/ppa.o: insmod /lib/modules/2.2.18/scsi/ppa.o failed /lib/modules/2.2.18/scsi/ppa.o: insmod ppa failed Checking interrupts I see that my lp0 parallel card has an IRS 11. Modprobe lp also fails: root@JLKreps:/home/jerry > modprobe lp /lib/modules/2.2.18/misc/lp.o: init_module: Device or resource busy Hint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect module parameters, including invalid IO or IRQ parameters /lib/modules/2.2.18/misc/lp.o: insmod /lib/modules/2.2.18/misc/lp.o failed /lib/modules/2.2.18/misc/lp.o: insmod lp failed Strangly, modprobe parport loads, but doesn't allow anything. Also, It seems the kernel does not recognize /dev/sda4 as a block device, but probably because ppa won't insmod, because the 'resource is busy'. I haven't had the lid off my box in over two years. I'm not going to take it off for 7.1. JLK