Hello, Some ppl reported problems updating to the new kernel on SuSE 7.3. Today i did the same update on one of my boxes and run into the same trouble: After updating the kernel, the box doesn't boot anymore cause of a kernel panic due to problems with the root fs. All settings where correct, mk_initrd was done sucessfully and even lilo reported no problems. After a while i downgraded, with the same settings back to 2.4.16 and it worked without any problems. With a lot of help from the SuSE ppl, we found out what the problem is/was: the order of the modules loaded by initrd. The "default" was: INITRD_MODULES="jbd ext3" but if you change it to: INITRD_MODULES="ext3 jbd" and do the mk_initrd && lilo again, it works without problems. Actually it's unknown _why_ the order does matter in that case. On 8.1. with INITRD_MODULES="jbd ext3 ide-scsi" the update worked without such problems. Hope that helps Regards, Sven