> Still my product was larger. did you try compiling it with make bzImage? It creates a compressed kernel image for big kernels: my kernel is actually smaller the RH shipped one and works fine: one more thing that is better you learn to live with (that, perhaps, I wouldn't know how to live without) is modules; this is a much more flexible way of administering computer resources. Bye, Massimiliano -- "If automobiles had followed the same development cycle as the computer, a Rolls-Royce would today cost $100, get a million miles per gallon, and explode once a year, killing everyone inside." --Robert Cringley