Hi, Will check. On travel until 9th feb. Will try base and alternate then. The 8.10 cd did not boot but I did not tried with full log (noquiet verbose settings in the kernel boot). Checking the depmode.d directory, the only mention of ide devices is for block devices by number. As the root device is specified by UUID doesn't this mean no effort will be made to load generic-ide by default? Atenciosamente, Gerardo V. Lisboa M(+351 966 014 174) F(+351 218 165 089) MSN+GTALK(