Hi, since I am new to this list and I am no linux expert, please be a little bit patient with me... An 8.2 install was running fine since june, but locked up yesterday without any obvious reasons (I was executing the latex2html script at this moment). Since then, the system locked during boot, either at "Setting up the CMOS clock" or "Creating /var/log/boot.msg". Starting the pc with the "Save Settings" kernel worked at first, but the computer locked after the login, and further boots will lock, too. The same with the rescue system: it booted one time, but soon after login it locked, and now locks during boot. The main components worked properly for years in this constellation: EPOX K7XA, Athlon 750, 512MB PC133 Infineon In the running installation, the following non-default servers were running on the system: Apache, SMB (WINS, files and print), CVS Additionally, an external SCSI streamer (SCSI controller: Adaptec 1520) was connected to the system. I was running a software raid 1 with two IBM 100GB-hds. The data on the hds is of great importance. I would be very glad for any hints what to do. I tried, without any results, to change the DRAM clock from 133 to 100, and I am currently running a ram test. With best regards, Alexander -- dipl. ing. alexander lerch zplane.development http://www.zplane.de holsteinische str. 39-42 D-12161 berlin fon: +49.30.854 09 15.0 fax: +49.30.854 09 15.5