KOTD download : http://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/suse/people/mantel/kotd/i386/HEAD/ kernel-default-2.6.13-20050915153836.i586.rpm kernel-default-nongpl-2.6.13-20050915153836.i586.rpm kernel-source-2.6.13-20050915153836.i586.rpm http://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/suse/people/agruen/i386/ hwinfo-11.0-2.i586.rpm udev-053-17.i586.rpm mkinitrd-1.2-28.noarch.rpm INSTALLATION : rpm -Uvh --nodeps hwinfo-11.0-2.i586.rpm cd /lib ln -s libhd.so.11 libhd.so.10 ln -s libhd.so.11.0 libhd.so.10.0 mkdir installed-rpm mv hwinfo-11.0-2.i586.rpm installed-rpm rpm -Uvh *.rpm CONFIGURE : quote README.mkinitrd in the KOTD download directory: "In addition, the IDE drivers have been modularized. If your root filesystem is on an IDE disk, please update the mkinitrd package so that the correct modules will be included in the initrd automatically, or add ide-core and ide-disk to INITRD_MODULES in /etc/sysconfig/kernel to add them manually. You will also have to add the hardware-specific ide modules needed to access the root device to INITRD_MODULES by hand. To obtain the list, check which device your root filesystem is on in /sys/proc//device, run hwinfo --storage'' and enter the module name(s) under Driver Activation Cmd'' for the respective device." added "ide-core ide-disk" to INITRD_MODULES in /etc/sysconfig/kernel the hardware-specific ide module I needed is "sis5513", it was already in INITRD_MODULES after reboot to runlevel 3 the network and usb system didn't work added "8139too" to INITRD_MODULES for my network card added "uhci_hcd ohci_hcd" to INITRD_MODULES for the usb system added "usbnet" to INITRD_MODULES to make the kernel recognize my Zaurus5600 after reboot again to runlevel 3 the network and usb system worked recompiled NVidia driver init 5 or reboot everything works fine :)