I recompiled the SuSE 8.2 kernel (AMD XP2200+) to include my Yoke and Rudder for Flightgear, that runs fine. Using the updated SuSE gcc-3.3. Downloaded 2.4.22-pre + -ac patches. The config is the same as I used on such kernels on SuSE 8.1 and it builds fine, mkinitrd also does the business, but on bootup, it says it can't find the modules for aic7xxx or reiserfs (it does just fine for the modded SuSE 8.2 kernel). I next built aic7xxx and reiserfs into the kernel, no mkinitrd as those are the only two modules that need preload. It now tells me that it can't mount root 03:02. I've only ever seen this when reiserfs wasn't in the kernel or as a module. It says boot with options noapic or acpi=off (I think), then the non-descript "can't mount" message. With 2.6.0-test1-ac2 I at least get root to mount, the generate-modprobe.conf from 8.2 doesn't work, so I pulled over one I had compiled for 8.1. It goes a fair way before it just does nothing -- never gets to the login prompt. Any clues as to why the problems on 2.4.22-pre, but not on 2.6.0-test ? Regards Sid. -- Sid Boyce ... hamradio G3VBV ... Cessna/Warrior Pilot Linux only shop