Hi SL5.0 - I am compiling up a couple of new kernels to try only I don't see where the modules are going. So no modules, no initrd etc etc. make clean make xconfig make make modules produces nothing in /lib/modules but this may be because: make modules CHK include/linux/version.h CHK include/linux/utsrelease.h Building modules, stage 2. MODPOST 771 modules WARNING: vmlinux - Section mismatch: reference to .init.data:boot_params from .text between '_text' (at offset 0xc0400029) and 'startup_32_smp' ... and lots more lines like the last one. Any clues? Best wishes John John Logsdon "Try to make things as simple Quantex Research Ltd, Manchester UK as possible but not simpler" [log in to unmask] [log in to unmask] +44(0)161 445 4951/G:+44(0)7717758675 www.quantex-research.com