Hi; I think the subject says it all. After rebuilding my kernel (and modules) I run mk_initrd and after a small think it ends with the line, failed to mount image. I've tried several different kernel sources and they all come up with the same message. ------------------------------------------------------------------ Here is the total output from mk_initrd. using "/dev/hda6" as root device (mounted on "/" as "reiserfs") creating initrd "//boot/initrd" for kernel "//boot/vmlinuz" (2.4.18) failed to mount image --------------------------------------------------------- This is how I build a kernel (as per the reference book p 234). cd /usr/src/linux make xconfig (choose a known working configuration with SuSE 8.0) make dep make clean make bzImage make modules cp /usr/src/linux-2.4.18/arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot/vmlinuz make modules_install mk_initrd lilo Thanks for any help (I cannot turn off my computer until I have this fixed:-) -- --------- Darren Harmon http://www.darrenharmon1.uklinux.net