Hello, > Did you do the other make steps: modules, etc., if necessary? In my 2.2.20 are all the modules without the sound-modules included, so i think the 2.4.20 will have all he needs. > > Where does the kernel crash: immediately, or are there some > meaningful booting messages displaied (maybe not spoken)? I have looke in the /var/log/messages file. In the first line stand syslog V ... restart. Regards Dietmar