Still does not boot. Last part of console log (nothing unusual before the "Kernel panic" line): EFI Variables Facility v0.08 2004-May-17 sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] 286749488 512-byte logical blocks: (147 GB/137 GiB) sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, supports DPO and FUA sdb: sdb1 sdb2 sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI disk NET: Registered protocol family 17 console [netcon0] enabled netconsole: network logging started Freeing unused kernel memory: 960K This architecture does not have kernel memory protection. Run /init as init process Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init! exitcode=0x00007f00 ---[ end Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init! exitcode=0x00007f00 ]--- -Tony