I wasn't sure what hardware info was pertinent so I'll paste everything: ============ start debug info ============ libhd version 8.38u (ia32) kernel version is 2.6 ----- /proc/cmdline ----- root=/dev/hda2 ro quiet splash ----- /proc/cmdline end ----- debug = 0xff7ffff7 probe = 0x138fe4be17fffdfffe (+memory +pci +isapnp +net +floppy +misc +misc.serial +misc.par +misc.floppy +serial +cpu +bios +monitor +mouse +scsi +usb -usb.mods +adb +modem +modem.usb +parallel +parallel.lp +parallel.zip +isa +isa.isdn +isdn +kbd +prom +sbus +int +braille +braille.alva +braille.fhp +braille.ht -ignx11 +sys -bios.vbe -isapnp.old -isapnp.new -isapnp.mod +braille.baum +manual +fb +veth +pppoe -scan +pcmcia -fork -parallel.imm +s390 -cpuemu -sysfs +s390disks +udev +block +block.cdrom +block.part +edd +edd.mod -bios.ddc -bios.fb -bios.mode +input +block.mods +bios.vesa -max -lxrc +dsl) shm: attached segment 5636119 at 0xb7e5b000 >> floppy.1: get nvram >> floppy.2: klog info >> bios.1: cmdline >> bios.1.1: apm >> bios.2: ram bios: 0 disks >> bios.2: rom >> bios.3: smp ----- BIOS data 0x00400 - 0x004ff ----- 400 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 "................" 410 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 "................" 420 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 "................" 430 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 "................" 440 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 "................" 450 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 "................" 460 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 "................" 470 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 "................" 480 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 "................" 490 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 "................" 4a0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 "................" 4b0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 "................" 4c0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 "................" 4d0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 "................" 4e0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 "................" 4f0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 "................" ----- BIOS data end ----- >> bios.4: vbe VBE: Could not init Int10 >> bios.5: 32 >> sys.1: cpu vmware check: 0 >> misc.9: kernel log ----- kernel log ----- <6>NET: Registered protocol family 1 <6>Uniform Multi-Platform E-IDE driver Revision: 7.00alpha2 <6>ide: Assuming 33MHz system bus speed for PIO modes; override with idebus=xx <6>VP_IDE: IDE controller at PCI slot 0000:00:0f.1 <4>ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [ALKA] enabled at IRQ 20 <6>ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:00:0f.1[A] -> GSI 20 (level, low) -> IRQ 20 <6>VP_IDE: chipset revision 6 <6>VP_IDE: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later <6>VP_IDE: VIA vt8237 (rev 00) IDE UDMA133 controller on pci0000:00:0f.1 <6> ide0: BM-DMA at 0xc800-0xc807, BIOS settings: hda:pio, hdb:pio <6> ide1: BM-DMA at 0xc808-0xc80f, BIOS settings: hdc:pio, hdd:pio <7>Probing IDE interface ide0... <4>hda: ST3160023A, ATA DISK drive <6>elevator: using anticipatory as default io scheduler <4>ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14 <6>hda: max request size: 1024KiB <6>hda: 312581808 sectors (160041 MB) w/8192KiB Cache, CHS=19457/255/63, UDMA(100) <7>hda: cache flushes supported <6> /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0: p1 p2 p3 <7>Probing IDE interface ide1... <4>hdc: 16X16 DVD DUAL, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive <4>ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15 <7>Probing IDE interface ide2... <7>Probing IDE interface ide3... <7>Probing IDE interface ide4... <7>Probing IDE interface ide5... <6>EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. <6>kjournald starting. Commit interval 5 seconds <6>md: md driver 0.90.1 MAX_MD_DEVS=256, MD_SB_DISKS=27 <6>EXT3 FS on hda2, internal journal <4>hdc: ATAPI 126X DVD-ROM DVD-R CD-R/RW drive, 2048kB Cache <6>Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.20 <6>parport: PnPBIOS parport detected. <6>parport0: PC-style at 0x378 (0x778), irq 7, dma 3 [PCSPP,TRISTATE,COMPAT,ECP,DMA] <6>lp0: using parport0 (interrupt-driven). <6>mice: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice <6>Capability LSM initialized <6>device-mapper: 4.3.0-ioctl (2004-09-30) initialised: