Hi, I can't comment on whether the kernels may have gotten compiled incorrectly or not, Matt Campbell will need to answer that. I have seen that error though in other distributions when a file got currupted while downloading or writing to floppy. You might want to try redownloading the image just for grins. Kirk -- Kirk Reiser The Computer Braille Facility e-mail: kirk at braille.uwo.ca University of Western Ontario phone: (519) 661-3061