I have some updates ... still fails tho ... On Tue, May 03, 2005 at 11:54:11PM -0400, Mail Lists wrote: > On Sun, May 01, 2005 at 11:25:37PM -0400, Mail Lists wrote: > > > > All was well up to 1268 - starting with 1275 though 1286 > > the smp kernel fails to boot - it hangs here: > > > > Mounting root filesystem > > kjournald starting. Commit interval 5 seconds > > EXT3-fs: mounted filesystems with ordered data mode > > Switching to new root. Starting with 1286 i get 2 more lines: unmounting old /proc unmounting old /sys Then it hangs - when it works (non-smp kernel) the next line is Selinux: disabled. Also - the smp kernel works fine on a dell 530 dual (non HT) p4. So this seems related to HT possibly. g/