i reconfigured the .config file i got the bzimage to be smaller and now i am having two problems first, when i atempt to do make modules i get all sorts of unresolved symbols, i think they only exist in the alsa modules so i am not sure weather i should do a make modules_install. the next i think had to do with the fact that i never did do make modules or make modules_install. i got the error mesage ebda to big. when atempting to boot from the bzImage but how do i solve the problem with the alsa modules? thanks Jack