I finally got my 2.4.2 kernel to compile and did the modules etc. It boots up until it gets the following error: ( kernel 2.2.4 booting) failed to exec /sbin/modprobe -s -k binfmt -464c, error=8 then gets stuck in a loop and the erro r keeps repeating. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- OK, here are the modules I have loaded now in 2.2.16 cat /proc/modules: tulip 33400 1 (autoclean) pci-scan 2608 0 (autoclean) [tulip] memstat 1476 0 (unused) g_NCR5380 19396 0 (unused) serial 42484 0 (autoclean) What is modprobe trying to load that is hanging my system? I tried using a configuration file from the kernel source in 2.2.16 but that didn't work too weel either. Does anyone know of a generic .config file to compile a 2.4.2 kernel to match the kernel options in 2.2.16 included with SuSE 7.0? If so where can I get it. thanks in advance, joe