> appearing..."Welcome to Red Hat..."...aaaaahhh: kernel panic!!! > > Reboot, this time stops dead in its tracks in middle of boot... > > Reboot, this time kernel panic again.... > > Reboot, reboot, reboot - each time make it to a different point in boot > process and either stops dead in its tracks or gives a kernel panic dump. Ok, you're going to need to recompile your kernel without Athlon Optimizations. (i think). Just go i686. If you really want your Athlon Optimizations check out the kernel mailing list about 2 weeks ago for a proposed patch. (has to do with an poorly documented BIOS bit change). I hope that helps you. -Gabe Friedmann