Hi the first experience on SuSE linux for IA64 on a BigSur 1GB memory, 2 CPU's (B3), Kernel 2.4.5 SMP, BIOS 103E: 1) shutdown, reboot doesn't work (nothing happens) # shutdown -r now Broadcast message from root (pts/0) Fri Jun 8 10:39:35 2001... The system is going down for reboot NOW !! # #ps -ef ... root 5701 1 0 10:39 ? 00:00:00 /bin/bash /etc/init.d/rc 6 root 5704 5701 0 10:39 ? 00:00:00 /bin/bash /etc/init.d/rc 6 root 5705 5704 0 10:39 ? 00:00:00 showconsole root 5706 5705 99 10:39 tty1 00:00:05 showconsole ... After killing the PID's above, the system will running in runlevel 6. Also it's possible to change the runlevel using init. 2) gdb doesn't work by running a simple "Hello world" on the debugger, the gdb crashs: ...Segmentation fault Did you have tested your IA64 Distribution? Or have I made a misstake? TurboLinux installed before the SuSE distribution has no such problems. Best regards, B. Krischok --