Ok, I downdated the system to the original Kernel to be found on cd. Then I tried to install the kernel downloaded at ftp://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/suse/i386/update/9.0/rpm/i586/k_deflt-2.4.21-192.i586.rpm But I still have the same problem. When I do mybox:~ # rpm -Uhv k_deflt-2.4.21-192.i586.rpm Preparing... ########################################### [100%] 1:k_deflt ########################################### [100%] Changing symlink /boot/vmlinuz from vmlinuz-2.4.21-99-default to vmlinuz-2.4.21-192-default Changing symlink /boot/initrd from initrd-2.4.21-99-default to initrd-2.4.21-192-default Root device: /dev/hda6 (mounted on / as ext2) No initrd required Using grub, re-install of bootloader not required. And no initrd is there in /boot. And another mkinitrd outputs Root device: /dev/hda6 (mounted on / as ext2) No initrd required I don't have another box which would need the default kernel so I can't figure out wether it's the default kernel package or my box. Does anybody have the the same problem? Could someone please help me? Thanx. Kind regards Marius Heidenstecker