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Hi all, I'm having the dickens of a time getting my TP760CD working with Linux. More exactly, it works in just one configuration, and otherwise gets very sick. Configurations I've tried: (1) Docked, in Dock II (SCSI CD-ROM installed in dock), with floppy drive installed (and hence with internal CD-ROM removed). This works like a charm. I can install Linux, boot it, use PCMCIA cards, run XFree86, read the SCSI CD-ROM, etc. No Sweat. (2) Undocked, with internal CD-ROM installed. In this mode, again, I can boot Linux, but when I do so, the *mouse* seems to be busy *all* the time. On the other hand, if I boot mini-linux, which runs under the BIOS drivers (if I understand correctly), then the mouse works. So there's something suspicious about the way that the kernel's accessing devices ... ??? However, this way, it takes several minutes for the kernel to boot -- it seems to be looking for the floppy drive while it is uncompressing ... weird. (3) Undocked, with floppy drive installed. This time, the kernel, while uncompressing, accesses the floppy drive a lot, and halfway thru the boot, hibernates the machine (I can get the boot sequence to restart where it left off by closing and re-opening the lid). FSCK fails with a "divide error" (SHRIEK!) and when it finishes booting, it comes up with one of those login prompts which SCREAM to reboot the machine. Clearly, there's something badly wrong with my kernel's way of talking to devices. I've used Slackware96 and RHL4.0 -- kernels 2.0.0 and 2.0.18, and they both have the same problems. Anybody else seen this? Thanks, --chet--