>the new generation ( well, anything in the last 2 years or so ) JMicron >'s are all 100% AHCI compatible and do a fairly good job of just being a >sata interface, and I've not seen a JMicron pata interface in years.. >not sure if they even make those anymore. Well, I admit my inquiry was not CentOS relevant :) Thinstation does not have support for that stuff as it seems! And that is what I would need to use. jlc