Skip> I've tried it both ways. I was thinking of trying to build a Skip> Linux distro on my Zip drive so I could use the partition for my Skip> home directory. I can see the drive and fdisk it. When I try to Skip> do a mke2fs /dev/sdc4 the process hangs up when it tries to Skip> write out the accounting information. I think this might be the kicker here. For 2.4.10 Linus merged in some changes to move stuff from the block cache to the page cache, unfortunately not everything was merged properl and there are problems. I'd really suggest you try 2.4.10-acX or 2.4.11-preX where X is the highest number you can find. Then you should be all set. Also, try the suggestions the other guy made about accessing the Zip via IDE first, and if that works, try the ide-scsi stuff. John