My guess is you may have forgotten to run lilo after putting your kernel in place. If not then you need to give us more information about what you did, what version you were patching and errors/warnings you got along the way. It's kind of tough to help with a problem without any information. Kirk -- Kirk Reiser The Computer Braille Facility e-mail: kirk at braille.uwo.ca University of Western Ontario phone: (519) 661-3061