I recently had problems upgrading to 9.1 and ended up doing a fresh install via ftp and all seemed OK. I did a YOU online update to make sure I had the latest security patches, and as warned I left out doing the kernel patch. At this stage I had installed the default-kernel 2.6.4-52 and mkinitrd 1.0-197. I have been using apt-get to update my system, sometimes with synaptic but now mostly just with apt-get. This has worked well for my 8, 8.1 and 8.2 versions. Now I am still on a steep learning curve so haven't got down to compiling sources etc but have been improving my knowledge of linux generally. I started having problems when I first updated 9.1 via apt, I had reviewed the sources list and removed the prpm sources and also kernel-of-the-day just in case I got into uncharted territory with possibly unstable releases. Included in the update was default-kernel 2.6.5-7.104 and mkinitrd 1.0- 199.50. All seemed OK until I turned off my computer (which I rarely do) to check a fan. When I rebooted it was taken a long time and so I went to the text screen (F2) and could simply see a rolling screen of text looping. I believe that this started with an fsck (? check of the ide drive, and then kept looping. I am not sure but is what is referred to as "kernel panic"? Anyway to cut a long story short and to remove the ugly site of me cursing and swearing and other more horrible sights. I only solved this (eventually) by reverting to the original default kernel 2.6.4-52 and mkinitrd 1.0-197. I have read about some of the other kernel issues here and my question is whether I should now simply stay with this kernel and mkinitrd version to avoid further issues? Thanks John __________ This email has been pre-scanned using the latest Anti Virus software for your peace of mind.