Hi Andre! I had to apply this patch to be able to get my system starting up because the PDC driver would look the system without it. If I remember correctly the system would hang after the last line shown. hda: QUANTUM FIREBALLlct10 10, ATA DISK drive hdc: QUANTUM FIREBALLlct10 10, ATA DISK drive hde: QUANTUM FIREBALLlct10 30, ATA DISK drive (on PDC 20262 !) hdg: QUANTUM FIREBALLlct10 30, ATA DISK drive (on PDC 20262 !) [..] hda: 20044080 sectors (10263 MB) w/418KiB Cache, CHS=19885/16/63, UDMA(33) hdc: 20044080 sectors (10263 MB) w/418KiB Cache, CHS=19885/16/63, UDMA(33) hde: 58633344 sectors (30020 MB) w/418KiB Cache, CHS=58168/16/63, UDMA(66) hdg: 58633344 sectors (30020 MB) w/418KiB Cache, CHS=58168/16/63, UDMA(66) --- linux/drivers/ide/pdc202xx.c~ Fri Jul 28 21:08:30 2000 +++ linux/drivers/ide/pdc202xx.c Sat Nov 25 20:18:51 2000 @@ -222,6 +222,7 @@ const char *pdc_quirk_drives[] = { "QUANTUM FIREBALLlct08 08", + "QUANTUM FIREBALLlct10 30", "QUANTUM FIREBALLP KA6.4", "QUANTUM FIREBALLP LM20.4", "QUANTUM FIREBALLP LM20.5", PS: Please CC me because I'm not on linux-kernel. MfG / Regards Friedrich Lobenstock - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/