Thanks for the input, Jima. I think the problem is that the CF card is sda* and the SmartMedia card is sdb*. I'm tryin' to use a SmartMedia card and I have no sdb* in /dev. > Hmm, what's on scsibus0? This might be relevant. scsibus0: 0,3,0 3) 'MITSUMI ' 'CR-48X5TE ' '1.2A' Removable CD-ROM > Another route might be to check dmesg for messages regarding the device. > Try: > > # grep 'sd' /var/log/dmesg > > Or: > > # dmesg | grep 'sd' > Both- grep 'sd' /var/log/dmesg -and- dmesg | grep 'sd' -provide no result. # grep 'scsi' /var/log/dmesg Kernel command line: root=/dev/hda5 devfs=mount hdd=ide-scsi quiet vga=788 ide_setup: hdd=ide-scsi scsi0 : SCSI host adapter emulation for IDE ATAPI devices Thanks again for the input, fellas. The battle continues. _______________________________________________ Twin Cities Linux Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list