Hi,
I have just installed the new suse 8.1 (kernel 2.4.19-4GB) on my laptop (Dell Inspiron 8100, PIII 1100 MHz, 512 Mo RAM, Combo CDRW/DVD). Everythings seems to be ok, except for the CDRW/DVD : this is what I get from the boot.msg :

<4>hdb: no flushcache support
<6>scsi0 : SCSI host adapter emulation for IDE ATAPI devices
<4> Vendor: TOSHIBA Model: CDRW/DVD SDR2102 Rev: 1D10
<4> Type: CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 02
<4> Vendor: TOSHIBA Model: CDRW/DVD SDR2102 Rev: 1D10
<4> Type: CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 02
<4> Vendor: TOSHIBA Model: CDRW/DVD SDR2102 Rev: 1D10
<4> Type: CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 02
<4> Vendor: TOSHIBA Model: CDRW/DVD SDR2102 Rev: 1D10
<4> Type: CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 02
<4> Vendor: TOSHIBA Model: CDRW/DVD SDR2102 Rev: 1D10
<4> Type: CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 02
<4> Vendor: TOSHIBA Model: CDRW/DVD SDR2102 Rev: 1D10
<4> Type: CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 02
<4> Vendor: TOSHIBA Model: CDRW/DVD SDR2102 Rev: 1D10
<4> Type: CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 02
<7>sd_attach()
<7>sd_attach()
<7>sd_attach()
<7>sd_attach()
<7>sd_attach()
<7>sd_attach()
<7>sd_attach()

The command line for the boot is :
<4>Kernel command line: root=/dev/hda6 hdb=ide-scsi vga=788

Does this has to be related with "hdb=ide-scsi" ?? (in the boot.msg, there is also :
<3>kmod: failed to exec /sbin/modprobe -s -k scsi_hostadapter, errno = 2)

Does someone know how to fix it ? Thanks for your help.

Another little question : what does this mean (from the beginning of boot.msg) :
4>Dell Inspiron with broken BIOS detected. Refusing to enable the local APIC.

Bonne journee !!!