No I got no hot swap devices though USB ... well everything USB these days...lol... might try a PS2 keyboard though...

OK makes it past (just) where it did before... but then complains a heap regarding other things... same type of errors though with the cdrom_id, ata_id, oath_id, idedma_sh, and a few lines on the HWUP stuff

Look like I might try another distro and see what that says...

I'll post back in about 1 hour...