Loading scsi modules thusly without any ide modules: echo Installing ide modules echo Installing scsi modules insmod /lib/scsi_mod.o insmod /lib/sd_mod.o insmod /lib/aic7xxx.o echo Installing libata insmod /lib/libata.o insmod /lib/ata_piix.o insmod /lib/ide-scsi.o echo Installing usb modules insmod /lib/usbcore.o insmod /lib/ehci-hcd.o insmod /lib/usb-uhci.o insmod /lib/usb-storage.o Yields the following syslog (attached as file Kernel-002.log)