There's alot that can be done on the loadlin boot line. Now I don't know if what's put on the boot line loads before during or after the kernel loads. I've spent more time with lilo.conf. In any event, if the zip disk can be made to come up under dos, your best way may be to use the linux.bat file in the linux directory zipspeak makes with necessary modifications and not use loadlin at all. -- Jude <dashielljt(at)gmpexpress-dot-net>