As I got a lot of replies requesting more info on my kernel compilation efforts. Here it is, and it is quite long. Hardware: NEC Ready 9704 System Everything is standard in this machine. No SCSI, all EIDE, standard floppy, ATAPI CD-ROM. 1 linksys lnetx100 (using dec tulip driver) 1 3com 3c905 1 cable modem connection to the Internet (no dial up here) Pentium 200 No sound PCI video 50 MB RAM Software: SuSE 6.2 ( 3rd party firewalling program (not ipchains) Yes, this is going to be (hopefully) a firewall some day. That's it, that's all that is going to be running on this box. Static IP address (yes, I am one of the lucky ones) Ext2 only, no other operating systems here Following is what I have in my menuconfig so far. Notes follow: Code Maturity level options - NONE Processor types and features Pentium/k6/tsc 1 GB maximum physical memory Loadable module support Enable loadable module support General Setup Networking Support PCI Support ANY PCI access mode PCI Quirks Backward Compatible /proc/pci System V IPC SYSCTL Support Kernel support for A.OUT libraries Kernel support for ELF libraries Kernel support for misc binaries Plug and Play - NONE Block Devices Normal PC floppy disk support Enhanced ide/mfm/rll support Include ide/ata-2 disk support Include ide/atapi cdrom support Cmd640 chipset bugfix/support Rz1000 chipset bugfix/support Generic PCI ide shipset support Generic PCI bus-master DMS support Use DMA by default if available Networking Options Paacket socket Unix domain sockets TCP/IP Networking SCSI Support - NONE Network Device Support Ethernet 3com (loaded as module) 3c900 series EISA, VLB, PCI and On Board Controllers Dec Tulip (loaded as module for linksys) Amateur Radio Support - NONE IRDA Support - NONE ISDN Support - NONE Old CD-ROM Drivers - NONE Character Devices Virtual terminal Support for console on virtual terminal Mouse support File systems ISO 9660 cd-rom /proc file system support NO NFS (NONE) Console drivers Vga text console Sound - NONE Kernel Hacking - NONE That's it. The firewall program will take care of all the firewalling issues. Anything that is NOT listed, is not in my config. If it is to be loaded as a module, there will be a note on that item. Please let me know if you need more info or I can trim this down a little. Any suggestions would be (and are) greatly appreciated. CK -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/